A dated opaque white scent flask

Details

A dated opaque white scent flask
painted in black enamel with the initials A*B and dated 1780 within green and blue foliate scrolls, the reverse painted in coloured enamels with an insect hovering above flower sprays, 1780 -- 7.4cm. high

Provenance

Anon., sale Christie's St. James's, 24th November 1987, lot 70

Lot Essay

For a detailed discussion on this group of dated scent flasks with tentative attribution to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, see Robert Charleston "A group of enamelled opaque-white glass", The Burlington Magazine, May 1990, pp.328-335

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