Scarce English Coalport Chicago Exhibition Gilt Jewelled Porcelain Heart Shaped Box hanging bookcase Sight: Width 26 Height 16

Sight: Width 26 Height 16

Note: by various makers

Company) (Chicago

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Scarce English Coalport Chicago Exhibition Gilt Jewelled Porcelain Heart Shaped Box hanging bookcase Sight: Width 26 Height 16DETAILS A rare, small, antique dresser, pill or trinket box with enamel (jewelled) decoration by Coalport made for the Chicago World's Fair Exhibition of 1893. Porcelain Gems or Jeweling is a special ceramic technique created by fusing drops of colored enamel over gold and silver foil to form intricate ornamentation to imitate jewels. The technique was used at Svres in the late 18th century and flourished in the mid to late 19th century in England at