Scent Flask
ca. 1600 (made)
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Scent flask made from a pine cone mounted in enamelled gold
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | A pine cone mounted in enamelled gold |
| Brief description | Scent flask made from a pine cone mounted in enamelled gold, formerly in the collection of the Treasury of the Cathedral of the Virgin of the Pillar, Saragossa, Spain, about 1600. |
| Physical description | Scent flask made from a pine cone mounted in enamelled gold |
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| Object history | From the treasury of the Cathedral of the Virgin of the Pillar, Zaragoza. One of a group of jewels purchased by the Museum in 1870, when the Cathedral authorities sold off treasures presented to the shrine of the Virgin in order to complete their building programme. |
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| Accession number | 339-1870 |
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| Record created | July 20, 2006 |
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