A stunning collection of Bilston enamel pieces are to be auctioned at Fieldings Auctioneers.

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00:00At Fieldings Auctioneers this month we bring you a remarkable collection of

00:04Bilston enamel patch boxes and snuff boxes to be sold on Thursday the 14th

00:09of November at 9.30pm beginning at lot number one and ending at lot 20.

00:15Incredible collection because the condition is so remarkably good whereas

00:20most boxes that we do find on our travels will have some damages or cracks.

00:25The patch box or Bilston enamel boxes came very much from the French Huguenots

00:30who were under persecution from religious means and settled here in the

00:35first box being made in 1745 and then later on in the actual high rise of

00:41enameling we will see that the boxes in prolific manufacturing during 1800 to

00:461850 with the last manufacturers leaving in 1850. A quite incredible collection

00:52and not on a par with those many of those housed in the private collection

00:56at Bantock House Museum in Wolverhampton.