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PROBABLY GERMAN OR AUSTRIAN, WITH TWO FRENCH POST-1893 IMPORT MARKS FOR SILVER
Details
AN UNUSUAL CONTINENTAL ROCOCO-STYLE SILVER-GILT AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL SCENT-BOTTLE WITH INCORPORATED BOX
probably German or Austrian, with two French post-1893 import marks for silver
Large scent-bottle in the shape of a violin, the stopper cast as a female 'Rococo' head and attached with a chain to the base continuing as the lady's nude bosom, the obverse and reverse of the body inlaid with engraved mother-of-pearl panels within foliate and scrolling borders and encrusted with playful putti stamped in silver-gilt, the hinged base opening to reveal a pill compartment
65/8 in. (168 mm.) high
probably German or Austrian, with two French post-1893 import marks for silver
Large scent-bottle in the shape of a violin, the stopper cast as a female 'Rococo' head and attached with a chain to the base continuing as the lady's nude bosom, the obverse and reverse of the body inlaid with engraved mother-of-pearl panels within foliate and scrolling borders and encrusted with playful putti stamped in silver-gilt, the hinged base opening to reveal a pill compartment
65/8 in. (168 mm.) high
Provenance
Christie's, Geneva, 28 April 1976, lot 123 (SFr. 7,000).
Special notice
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