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Pair 18th Century South Staffordshire Enamel Plaques
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Pair 18th Century South Staffordshire Enamel Plaques

18th century
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Pair 18th Century South Staffordshire Enamel Plaques , oval shape, painted with pastoral views, circa 1760

Date of Manufacture

Treaders Collectables has dated these South Staffordshire Enamel Plaques to the 18th Century.

Independent Date Check ID 08901565
Dealer's Item Date18th Century
Sellingantiques Date18th Century
Sellingantiques agingItem 240-275 years old
Test ResultsPassed dating check
Why Sellingantiques dated this piece to THE 18TH CENTURY:
Transfer-printed line work coloured with enamel washes: eighteenth-century Staffordshire technique.
Counter-enamelled reverse on copper: prevents warping during high-temperature kiln firing.
Gilt-metal channel frames with bent securing tabs: period mounting method.
Fine hairline crazing to the enamel ground: natural age-related tension movement.

This is an independent date report produced by Sellingantiques using its own proprietary system. The process uses the photographs shown on this page. The system is never told the date the dealer has declared. This report shows that the two dates corroborate.

Physical Dimensions
Height
9.5cm (3.74")
Width
12cm (4.72")
Depth
0.5cm (0.20")
Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Reference
SA1128795
Dealers Internal Reference
4047
Description
Pair 18th Century South Staffordshire Enamel Plaques , oval shape, painted with pastoral views, circa 1760
Date of Manufacture

Treaders Collectables has dated these South Staffordshire Enamel Plaques to the 18th Century.

Independent Date Report ID 08901565
Dealer's Item Date18th Century
Sellingantiques dating18th Century
Sellingantiques agingItem 240-275 years old
Test ResultsPassed dating check
Why Sellingantiques dated this piece to the 18th Century:
Transfer-printed line work coloured with enamel washes: eighteenth-century Staffordshire technique.
Counter-enamelled reverse on copper: prevents warping during high-temperature kiln firing.
Gilt-metal channel frames with bent securing tabs: period mounting method.
Fine hairline crazing to the enamel ground: natural age-related tension movement.

This is an independent date report produced by Sellingantiques using its own proprietary system. The process uses the photographs shown on this page. The system is never told the date the dealer has declared. This report shows that the two dates corroborate.

Height
9.5cm (3.74")
Width
12cm (4.72")
Depth
0.5cm (0.20")
Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Ref
SA1128795
Dealers Internal Ref
4047
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Pair of 18th-century oval South Staffordshire enamel plaques featuring hand-painted pastoral scenes set within gilt metal mounts.
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Archive I Pair of 18th-century oval South Staffordshire enamel plaques featuring hand-painted pastoral scenes set within gilt metal mounts.

Pair 18th Century South Staffordshire Enamel Plaques

Archive II Pair of 18th-century oval South Staffordshire enamel plaques featuring hand-painted pastoral scenes set within gilt metal mounts. View II
Archive III Pair of 18th-century oval South Staffordshire enamel plaques featuring hand-painted pastoral scenes set within gilt metal mounts. View III
Archive IV Scale Reference for Pair of 18th-century oval South Staffordshire enamel plaques featuring hand-painted pastoral scenes set within gilt metal mounts.
Archive V Pair of 18th-century oval South Staffordshire enamel plaques featuring hand-painted pastoral scenes set within gilt metal mounts. View V
Archive VI Pair of 18th-century oval South Staffordshire enamel plaques featuring hand-painted pastoral scenes set within gilt metal mounts. View VI
Archive VII Pair of 18th-century oval South Staffordshire enamel plaques featuring hand-painted pastoral scenes set within gilt metal mounts. View VII
Archive VIII Pair of 18th-century oval South Staffordshire enamel plaques featuring hand-painted pastoral scenes set within gilt metal mounts. View VIII
Archive IX Pair of 18th-century oval South Staffordshire enamel plaques featuring hand-painted pastoral scenes set within gilt metal mounts. View IX
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Pair of 18th-century oval South Staffordshire enamel plaques featuring hand-painted pastoral scenes set within gilt metal mounts.
Pair 18th Century South Staffordshire Enamel Plaques
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Pair of 18th-century oval South Staffordshire enamel plaques featuring hand-painted pastoral scenes set within gilt metal mounts.
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Cataloguer’s note

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  • ObjectWall Plaques
  • Period18th century
  • StyleGeorgian
  • MaterialEnamel, Copper, Gilt Metal
  • ColourMulticoloured
  • MotifsPastoral scenes, Oval gilt frame, Suspension loop, Hand-painted landscape
  • SizeH 9.5 cm (4 in) x W 12 cm (5 in) x D 0.5 cm (0 in)

This pair of eighteenth-century Georgian wall plaques originates from South Staffordshire and follows an English country house style. Each piece uses enamel, copper, and gilt metal, presenting a multicoloured hand-painted landscape under a polished glaze. The decorative pastoral scenes depict figures in pink and blue attire amid trees, buildings, and animals, enclosed by oval gilt frames with top suspension loops and subtle surface crazing. The items measure 9.5 cm high, 12 cm wide, and 0.5 cm deep. Placement suits narrow wall spaces in a living room, hallway, or study as decorative wall art. Hanging them together brings period British craftsmanship to an interior design scheme.

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South Staffordshire enamels refer to decorative copper objects finished with vitreous enamel and painted with miniature scenes, produced predominantly in towns such as Bilston and Wednesbury during the mid-to-late 18th century.

These pieces were crafted by fusing opaque white vitreous enamel onto a shaped copper base, after which detailed classical or pastoral scenes were hand-painted using metallic oxide pigments before a final firing.

Authentic period pieces feature hand-painted details, fine surface crazing or minor stress lines consistent with age, copper visible along unglazed edges, and period-appropriate gilt-metal rim mounts.

Display these small-scale works of art mounted together in a narrow wall space, framed within a larger gallery wall arrangement, or propped on a mantelpiece alongside period ceramics.

Dust gently using a soft, dry microfibre brush or cloth, avoiding water or chemical cleaning solutions that could penetrate hairine fractures or oxidize the underlying metal structure.
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