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A MEISSEN GILTMETAL-MOUNTED SCENT-BOTTLE AND STOPPER
Circa 1880
Modelled as a young man wearing a black hat, flowered pink jacket and striped trousers, holding a hound in his arms, the dog with white fur and brown patches, looking over the man's right shoulder, its detachable head forming the stopper, with a giltmetal mount at the collar and a gilt chain attachment, on a tree-stump mound base enriched in gilding (small chips to base, end of chain detached, one mount lacking at dog's neck), blue crossed swords mark, incised 3039
3½in. (9cm.) high
Circa 1880
Modelled as a young man wearing a black hat, flowered pink jacket and striped trousers, holding a hound in his arms, the dog with white fur and brown patches, looking over the man's right shoulder, its detachable head forming the stopper, with a giltmetal mount at the collar and a gilt chain attachment, on a tree-stump mound base enriched in gilding (small chips to base, end of chain detached, one mount lacking at dog's neck), blue crossed swords mark, incised 3039
3½in. (9cm.) high