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CIRCA 1755
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A CHELSEA SCENT-BOTTLE AND STOPPER
CIRCA 1755
Naturally modelled as a slightly open striped tulip head, the petals pale yellow and with puce striations, with a stopper formed as a posy of flowers, gilt metal mount (chipping to one bloom on finial, minor damages and losses to mounts, some cracking and staining to lower part of flowerhead, some scattered scratches to decoration)
2¾ in. (7 cm.) high
CIRCA 1755
Naturally modelled as a slightly open striped tulip head, the petals pale yellow and with puce striations, with a stopper formed as a posy of flowers, gilt metal mount (chipping to one bloom on finial, minor damages and losses to mounts, some cracking and staining to lower part of flowerhead, some scattered scratches to decoration)
2¾ in. (7 cm.) high
Provenance
Mrs Meyer Sassoon Collection
Ernesto Blohm Collection, no. 44.
Ernesto Blohm Collection, no. 44.
Literature
G.E. Bryant, The Chelsea Porcelain Toys (London, 1925), pl. 12, fig. 5, where it is recorded as being in the Meyer Sassoon Collection.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.