of circular form, the lid enamelled with a pastoral scenedepicting two amorini fighting the battle of love and
bearing the enamelled inscription 'Combat heureux' the sides finely enamelled with floral motifs within gold
ropework borders,the base with crowned cypher within leaf-motif surround,
the interior of the base and lid enamelled sky blue.

French or Dutch, circa 1640

2.4 cm diameter
0.8 cm deep

The 'Combat heureux' legend and emblem is taken from Amorum emblemata by Otto Vaenius (1608). Dutch love
emblems were disseminated throughout Europe in volumes by Vaenius and other seventeenth-century engravers.

The style of enamelling is particularly associated with the Toutin workshops in Blois and Paris during the
period 1630-83, as well as Dutch enamellers of the mid seventeenth century. For similar examples of this type
of decoration see Plates 14 and 15, items 266 and 285 in The Art of the Jeweller: A Catalogue of the
Hull Grundy Gift to the British Museum, Edited by Hugh Tait, London, 1984.