Lot Essay
Cf. The example from the Stewart Granger Collection sold in these Rooms on 20 May 1963, lot 110
Details
A 'GIRL-IN-A-SWING' SCENT-BOTTLE
Circa 1755, Charles Gouyn's factory
Of tapering oval flask form with fixed ring handles, painted with bouquets and scattered fruit and flower-sprays, on an oval domed foot, with later white-metal mounts and pierced trefoil stopper with chain attachment (some staining to lower part, neck and foot and repair beneath metal collar above foot)
3 3/8in. (8.5cm.) high
See illustration on page ...
Circa 1755, Charles Gouyn's factory
Of tapering oval flask form with fixed ring handles, painted with bouquets and scattered fruit and flower-sprays, on an oval domed foot, with later white-metal mounts and pierced trefoil stopper with chain attachment (some staining to lower part, neck and foot and repair beneath metal collar above foot)
3 3/8in. (8.5cm.) high
See illustration on page ...