Lot Essay
Cf. G.E. Bryant, op. cit., pl. 3, no. 6, also Yvonne Hackenbroch, op. cit., Pl. 63, Fig. 83 and the examples sold in these Rooms on 2 June 1986, lot 196 and 12 February 1990, lot 52
Details
A 'GIRL-IN-A-SWING' GOLD-MOUNTED DOUBLE-SCENT-BOTTLE modelled as two billing doves with brightly coloured plumage, perched on a tree-stump with pink climbing-roses, the stoppers formed as brightly coloured insects, the domed base painted with two flower-sprays and the underside with a loose bouquet (slight chipping to foliage and to edge of base beneath the mount), circa 1755, the gold mount to the base perhaps later
7.5cm. high
7.5cm. high
Literature
Margaret Legge, op. cit., col. pl., p. 86, no. 202
Exhibited
Flowers and Fables, no. 202