Scent Bottle
middle of 18th century (made)
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Double scent bottle in the form of a little girl in soft-paste porcelain painted in colours and gilded. In two parts opening in the middle. The upper part is for the scent and the lower for smelling salts. Gold mounts. The girl stands in a vine and is covered by leaves and branches. At the middle is a gold hinged mount, the figure opening backwards. On her head, she carries a basket of grapes in the midst of which is the stopper in the form of a dove.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted in colours and gilded, and with gold mounts |
| Brief description | Scent bottle in the form of a girl in soft-paste porcelain painted in colours and gilded, Chelsea Porcelain factory, Chelsea, middle of 18th century |
| Physical description | Double scent bottle in the form of a little girl in soft-paste porcelain painted in colours and gilded. In two parts opening in the middle. The upper part is for the scent and the lower for smelling salts. Gold mounts. The girl stands in a vine and is covered by leaves and branches. At the middle is a gold hinged mount, the figure opening backwards. On her head, she carries a basket of grapes in the midst of which is the stopper in the form of a dove. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mill Stephenson, Esq. |
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| Accession number | C.443-1927 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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