Pair of American Eagle Battersea Enamel Tiebacks
England, circa 1790 - Diameter: 1⅞ inches
 
A distinguished pair of Battersea enamel tiebacks decorated with American eagles grasping arrows and olive branches and surmounted by thirteen stars, with a banner in the eagle’s beak bearing the motto E Pluribus Unum. Produced for the American market during the Federal period, the imagery reflects the early development of national iconography associated with the Great Seal of the United States.
 
Condition: Very fine; minor hairlines.