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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Scent Bottle

ca. 1740 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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

Categories
Object type
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.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.5cm
  • Diameter: 3.8cm
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.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.1462-1919

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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