comprising two flower-shaped plaques joined by a ring and link and a third smaller flowerhead with a pair of prong fittings on the back, all enamelled in blued and white (small losses) the first two: 7.0 cm

This distinctive style of Stuart enamelling was originally attributed to Esher, Surrey by Charles Beard in 1931, and the group named 'Surrey enamels'. There is now a strong case to reattribute them to Stephen Pilcherd and Anthony Hatch, the former is recorded in the Royal Wardrobe accounts on 25th March 1661 for ".....making enamelling and gilding our Armes in foure large and eight smaller pieces of brasse....." For the most recent research on this group see Blair and Patterson, 2005, pp. 2-9 and 2006, 10-21.