CIRCA 1765

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TWO CHELSEA GOLD AND GILT-METAL-MOUNTED FIGURAL SCENT-FLASKS
CIRCA 1765
The first gilt-metal mounted, modelled with a clock supported by a maiden and a putto, the base inscribed 'L'HEURE DE BERGER FIDELE', the second, gold-mounted, modelled with a pair of lovers before a tree-stump
The taller - 3 7/8 in. (10 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

For the models see G.E. Bryant, The Chelsea Porcelain Toys, Scent-Bottles, Bonbonnieres, Etuis, Seals and Statuettes, Made at the Chelsea Factory, 1745-1769, & Derby Chelsea, 1770-1784, London, 1925, plates 19 and 26.

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