Scent Bottle
ca. 1787 (made)
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Jasperware scent bottle with white cameo decoration. On the sides are bust portraits of George IV as Prince of Wales and his brother, the Duke of York. Octagonal with two flat sides and mouth formed to fit a screw stopper. Edge decorated with a guilloche pattern and each side has a border of rayed foliage. Round the neck is a band of fluting.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Jasperware |
| Brief description | Jasperware scent bottle with portraits of George IV as Prince of Wales and his brother, the Duke of York, from a model by J. C. Lochée, Josiah Wedgwood & Sons, Etruria, ca. 1787. |
| Physical description | Jasperware scent bottle with white cameo decoration. On the sides are bust portraits of George IV as Prince of Wales and his brother, the Duke of York. Octagonal with two flat sides and mouth formed to fit a screw stopper. Edge decorated with a guilloche pattern and each side has a border of rayed foliage. Round the neck is a band of fluting. |
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| Gallery label | Scent bottle with portraits depicting the Prince of Wales, later King George IV (1762-1830) and his brother Frederick, Duke of York (1763-1827)
From a model by John Charles Lochée, made at the factory of Josiah Wedgwood, Etruria, Staffordshire, about 1780-1800
Jasperware
875-1900(23/05/2008) |
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| Accession number | 875-1900 |
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| Record created | March 31, 2008 |
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