Scent Bottle and Stopper
ca. 1740-1745 (made)
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Scent bottle and stopper of hard-paste porcelain. Long-necked bottle with gilt-metal mounted corks (not matching). Painted in underglaze blue, enamel colours and gold with Indian flowers with the Tischenmuster.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue, enamels and gilt |
| Brief description | Scent bottle and stopper, one of a pair, hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1740-45 |
| Physical description | Scent bottle and stopper of hard-paste porcelain. Long-necked bottle with gilt-metal mounted corks (not matching). Painted in underglaze blue, enamel colours and gold with Indian flowers with the Tischenmuster. |
| Marks and inscriptions | '139' (Incised) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Mrs A. Cameron |
| Object history | One of a pair of scene bottles (C.57:1, 2-1909 and C.57A/1, 2-1909). |
| Production | Attribution from the manuscript catalogue dates from about 1970 and was compiled by William Hutton of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio. |
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| Accession number | C.57A/1, 2-1909 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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