Lot 149
149
A 'GIRL-IN-A-SWING' GOLD-MOUNTED SCENT-BOTTLE MODELLED AS A PUG-BITCH seated erect with brown and black fur markings, the oval domed base painted with flower-sprays and the underside with a loose bouquet, the gold mount to the neck with a chain attachment and with gold mount to the footrim (restorations round neck and to forelegs, scratching to enamels of head), circa 1755

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A 'GIRL-IN-A-SWING' GOLD-MOUNTED SCENT-BOTTLE MODELLED AS A PUG-BITCH seated erect with brown and black fur markings, the oval domed base painted with flower-sprays and the underside with a loose bouquet, the gold mount to the neck with a chain attachment and with gold mount to the footrim (restorations round neck and to forelegs, scratching to enamels of head), circa 1755
5cm. high
Provenance
Anon., sale Christie's, 20 October 1986, lot 159

Lot Essay

Cf. the examples sold in these Rooms on 2 June 1986, lot 197 and 7 June 1994, lot 60; see also G. E. Bryant, op. cit. pl. 5, no. 1

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