Lot Essay
Agate scent bottles would appear to be very unusual. There are two saltglaze examples in this sale, lots 13 and 15.
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A STAFFORDHSIRE SALTGLAZE SOLID-AGATE SCENT-BOTTLE AND STOPPER
CIRCA 1750
Mouled as a pectin-shell in brown and buff clays and with screw stopper, Jacobs Collection no. 640 (restoration to neck and tip of stopper)--2½in. (6.3cm.) long
CIRCA 1750
Mouled as a pectin-shell in brown and buff clays and with screw stopper, Jacobs Collection no. 640 (restoration to neck and tip of stopper)--2½in. (6.3cm.) long