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A SAMSON GILTMETAL-MOUNTED SCENT-BOTTLE AND STOPPER
Circa 1880
Modelled as a cat chasing birds on fruiting vine-branches, the stopper as billing doves with a mount and chain attachment, the bottom mounted in giltmetal and with an agate seal intaglio carved with a profile portrait of a priest (minute chips to tail-feathers of one bird and to leaves), 3in. (7.6cm.) high; and a miniature scent-bottle and stopper modelled as a cob of corn with leaves, with a reeded giltmetal mount and stopper, 1¼in. (3.5cm.) high (2)
Circa 1880
Modelled as a cat chasing birds on fruiting vine-branches, the stopper as billing doves with a mount and chain attachment, the bottom mounted in giltmetal and with an agate seal intaglio carved with a profile portrait of a priest (minute chips to tail-feathers of one bird and to leaves), 3in. (7.6cm.) high; and a miniature scent-bottle and stopper modelled as a cob of corn with leaves, with a reeded giltmetal mount and stopper, 1¼in. (3.5cm.) high (2)