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Etui and scent bottle with stopper
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Etui and scent bottle with stopper
- Place of origin:
London (made)
- Date:
ca. 1749-1760 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Charles Gouyn's factory (manufacturer)
- Materials and Techniques:
Porcelain painted with enamels and with gold mounts
- Credit Line:
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
- Museum number:
414:262/&A-1885
- Gallery location:
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery, case 3, shelf 7 []
Physical description
Etui and scent bottle with a butterfly stopper of porcelain, painted with enamels, and mounted in gold at the centre and at the stopper.
Place of Origin
London (made)
Date
ca. 1749-1760 (made)
Artist/maker
Charles Gouyn's factory (manufacturer)
Materials and Techniques
Porcelain painted with enamels and with gold mounts
Dimensions
Height: 12.1 cm, Width: 2.9 cm
Object history note
Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Willson, London, for £5 in September 1882.
Acquired as Chelsea porcelain.
Descriptive line
Etui and scent bottle with a butterfly stopper of porcelain, made by Charles Gouyn's factory, London, ca. 1749-1760
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Adams, Elizabeth. Chelsea Porcelain, The British Museum Press, 2001, 2nd. edition. For another similar in the Victoria and Albert Museum, see fig. 5.6, 48p. Caption reads: ' Combined étui, scent-bottle and seal, St James's Factory, Height 11.5cm, c. 1750-59.'
Manners, Errol. A Documentary ‘Girl-in-a-Swing’ Seal and other considerations on the porcelain of Charles Gouyn’s factory. English Ceramics Circle Transactions, Volume 18, part 3, 2004, pp 398-407. The Marquis of Granby seal was probably made after the marquis's victory at the Battle of Warburg, 31st July 1760, thus extending the factory's period of production to that year or the following one.
Materials
Porcelain; Gold
Techniques
Mounted; Painted
Subjects depicted
Butterfly; Grapes; Boy
Categories
Ceramics; Porcelain
Collection
Ceramics Collection
