Six English and Continental 18th Century Enamel

Six English and Continental 18th Century Enamel Articles, including a Rare Notebook. Including a rare notebook and diary, between enamel book covers, in original leather case, formerly in the Max Strauss Collection, Vienna; a French silver-mounted rectangular buckle, with Neoclassical scene; a squat round vinaigrette, with Monk enameled to lid; an English silver-mounted flask-shaped flat scent bottle, enamelled with allegories of music and dancing; an English oval agate patch box with enamel top, with the story of Moses; and a rectangular box, with card and music playing themes, dedicated to Brother Chrestien, Surgeon of Louisbourg. The vinaigrette marked for N¸rnmburg; the book with a label for the Max Strauss collection; Germany, France and England. Circa 1770 and later. The book 7/8" x 1 3/4" out of the case; the music box 1 5/8" H. x 3 1/4" x 2 1/4." By descent from the Kaumheimer family, Stuttgart, Germany. One deep and two shallow hairline cracks to the book covers; chip to enamels at 11 o'clock on the enamel cover to the agate box. Otherwise, the bases of most with typical wear. Miniature enamelled books, still intact with their original cases are quite rare. Too, for the German and French reader, the written script on each page gives a glimpse to life in the late 18th Century.