Scent Bottle and Stopper
ca. 1775 (made)
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Scent bottle and stopper of hard-paste porcelain in the form of a figure of a boy with a goat, and the goat is attempting to butt the boy who stands holding one of its horns beside a tree-trunk festooned with vine.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain |
| Brief description | Scent bottle and stopper of hard-paste porcelain in the form of a figure of a boy with a goat, probably made by Kloster Veilsdorf porcelain factory, Thuringia, ca. 1775. |
| Physical description | Scent bottle and stopper of hard-paste porcelain in the form of a figure of a boy with a goat, and the goat is attempting to butt the boy who stands holding one of its horns beside a tree-trunk festooned with vine. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Guggenheim, Oxford, for £2 10 shillings in January 1873 Acquired as Bow or Chelsea porcelain. |
| Production | Previously attributed to Meissen. The model is a common one in Kloster-Veilsdorf porcelain. |
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| Other number | Sch. I 823 - Schreiber number |
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| Accession number | 414:166/&A-1885 |
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| Record created | February 17, 2009 |
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