Scent Bottle and Stopper
ca. 1750-1760 (made)
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Scent bottle and stopper of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and slightly gilded, and in the form of a figure of a woman holding a basket of grapes, with a gilt metal mount and a chain to the stopper.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and slightly gilded, and with a gilt metal mount |
| Brief description | Scent bottle and stopper of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and slightly gilded with a gilt metal mount and a chain to the stopper, made by Charles Gouyn's factory, London, ca. 1750-1760 |
| Physical description | Scent bottle and stopper of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and slightly gilded, and in the form of a figure of a woman holding a basket of grapes, with a gilt metal mount and a chain to the stopper. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Slaes le Roy, Brussels, for £6 in April 1873. Acquired as Chelsea porcelain. |
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| Other number | Sch. I 244&A - Schreiber number |
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| Accession number | 414:297/&A-1885 |
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| Record created | December 23, 2008 |
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