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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Scent Bottle

ca. 1749-1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Double scent bottle with two stoppers in porcelain, painted with enamels, and in the form of figures of a parrot and a Cochin China cock, and mounted in gold.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Scent Bottle
  • Stopper
  • Stopper
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with enamels, and mounted in gold
Brief description
Double scent bottle with two stoppers in porcelain, painted with enamels and in the form of figures of a parrot and a Cochin China cock, and mounted in gold, made by Charles Gouyn's factory, London, ca. 1749-1760
Physical description
Double scent bottle with two stoppers in porcelain, painted with enamels, and in the form of figures of a parrot and a Cochin China cock, and mounted in gold.
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.9cm
  • Width: 3.8cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Mme Beavan, Paris, for £6 in April 1873.
Acquired as Chelsea porcelain.
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. I 239 to B - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:288/ to B-1885

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Record createdDecember 23, 2008
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