Flask
ca. 1752-60 (made)
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Double scent-flask with metal mounts, in the form of two billing doves by a flowering tree stump; from the body of each bird emerges a metal nozzle, to which is chained a metal stopper with porcelain terminal formed as roses and leaves. The round base painted with pink rose-buds, both on its upper side and on its base, in either case surrounded by a green wreath. The foot mounted in silver-gilt
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt, with metal mounts |
| Brief description | Double scent-flask, soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt, with metal mounts, Charles Gouyn's factory, England (London), ca. 1752-60 |
| Physical description | Double scent-flask with metal mounts, in the form of two billing doves by a flowering tree stump; from the body of each bird emerges a metal nozzle, to which is chained a metal stopper with porcelain terminal formed as roses and leaves. The round base painted with pink rose-buds, both on its upper side and on its base, in either case surrounded by a green wreath. The foot mounted in silver-gilt |
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| Object history | Bought in at Sotheby's, Monday, 4 April, 1966, Lot 40, for £60. Another example of this model is illustrated in the same catalogue, lot 45. Other references are given in notes to these catalogue entries. |
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| Accession number | C.45-1966 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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