Lot Essay
Cf. C. Fox, London - World City 1800-1840 (London, 1992) no. 303. The iconography of cupids, hearts and arrows strongly suggest this flask was intended as a love-token.
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CIRCA 1827, BY THE ORMOLU AND BRONZE MANUFACTORY, SOHO, LONDON, THE MOUNTS STAMPED GEORGE DUDLEY JANUARY 15 1827
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A CUT SCENT-FLASK, STOPPER AND GILT-METAL FRAME
CIRCA 1827, BY THE ORMOLU AND BRONZE MANUFACTORY, SOHO, LONDON, THE MOUNTS STAMPED GEORGE DUDLEY JANUARY 15 1827
The tall slender flask cut wtih diamonds, step-cutting, gardroons, and facets, with spire stopper, the pierced gilt-metal frame with hearts and arrows and supported by three cupid herms on a circular footed base
15½ in. (39.5 cm.) high (3)
CIRCA 1827, BY THE ORMOLU AND BRONZE MANUFACTORY, SOHO, LONDON, THE MOUNTS STAMPED GEORGE DUDLEY JANUARY 15 1827
The tall slender flask cut wtih diamonds, step-cutting, gardroons, and facets, with spire stopper, the pierced gilt-metal frame with hearts and arrows and supported by three cupid herms on a circular footed base
15½ in. (39.5 cm.) high (3)
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