Comprising:
Two circular toilet boxes, the sides with scenes from the Old Testament, the covers with classical scenes, all in scrolled cartouches on white diaper grounds painted with bouquets
A rectangular casket, painted with classical and pastoral landscapes in scrolled cartouches on white diaper grounds painted with bouquets
A set of five pin or counter dishes, one larger and four smaller, all shaped oval with pierced sides, the interiors with pastoral scenes flanked by pink and blue panels and in yellow rope-twist cartouches
A snuff box, rectangular bombé form, painted with pastoral landscapes in gilt scroll cartouches on a pink ground with white diaper pattern, with hinged cover and internal secondary gilt-metal hinged cover
5¹⁄₂ in. (14 cm.) diameter, the circular boxes

The circular boxes:
The Collection of Colonel H.H. Mulliner (1861-1924), sold,
Christie's, London, 10 July 1924, lot 18.
By repute, with A La Vieille Russie, New York.
A Gift from Sunny von Bülow (1931-2008) to her mother Annie Laurie Aitken (1900-1984) and step-father Russell Barnett Aitken (1910-2002), 1970.

The casket:
By repute, with The Antique Porcelain Company, New York and London.
A Gift from Sunny von Bülow (1931-2008) to her mother Annie Laurie Aitken (1900-1984) and step-father Russell Barnett Aitken (1910-2002), Christmas 1962.

The counter dishes:
By repute, with Taylor B. Williams, Chicago, Illinois.
By repute, acquired by Irene Roosevelt Aitken from the above at the Winter Antique Show, New York, January 2012.

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