Scent Bottle
ca. 1740 (made)
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Scent bottle of hard-paste porcelain. Gourd-shaped bottle with silver-gilt mounts including flame or leaf-shaped stopper. Purple ground, body and neck each with two reserves with landscapes with figures, moulding a harbour scene. Gilt borders.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt, with silver-gilt mount |
| Brief description | Scent bottle, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt, with silver-gilt mount, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1740 |
| Physical description | Scent bottle of hard-paste porcelain. Gourd-shaped bottle with silver-gilt mounts including flame or leaf-shaped stopper. Purple ground, body and neck each with two reserves with landscapes with figures, moulding a harbour scene. Gilt borders. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Crossed swords (Factory mark, in blue) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Mr John George Joicey |
| 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.1462-1919 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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