Preface to the First Edition                                                                                             11

Preface to the Second Edition                                                                                       15

Foreword by Sir Sacheverell Sitwell, Bt., CH                                                              19

Introduction                                                                                                                      27

Chapter 1. Materials and Techniques                                                                          73

Chapter 2. French Boxes and their Marks                                                                101

Chapter 3. English Boxes                                                                                             256

Chapter 4. Boxes from Dresden and Berlin                                                              296

Chapter 5. Russian Boxes                                                                                            356

Chapter 6. Boxes from Smaller Workshops in Europe                                           383

Chapter 7. Swiss Boxes                                                                                                 409

Postscript                                                                                                                         418

Appendix A: Some Remarks upon a number of the Gold Boxes illustrated

in colour. by Sir Sacheverell Sitwell, Bt., CH                                                             423

Appendix B: The Choiseul Boxes by Sir Francis Watson, CVO, FSA                  453

Appendix C: A List of Paris Makers                                                                           468

Appendix D: Parisian Enamellers on Gold Boxes by Charles Truman                477

Appendix E: A Note on Dutch Gold Boxes, by Karel A Citroen                           479

Appendix F: A List of Swedish Makers compiled by Dr Carl Hernmarck and

0lle Pettersson                                                                                                                 482

Appendix G: A List of Artists known to have engraved designs for boxes         483

Select Bibliography                                                                                                        486

Index                                                                                                                                491

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