A GOLD-MOUNTED SCENT-BOTTLE ETUI OF 'GIRL IN A SWING' TYPE modelled as The Three Graces scantily draped in flowered robes with flowers in their hair, flanking a tapering triangular column edged in puce, the underside with green and puce diaper-pattern, the stopper modelled as bouquet of coloured flowers (stopper chipped), circa 1755
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A GOLD-MOUNTED SCENT-BOTTLE ETUI OF 'GIRL IN A SWING' TYPE modelled as The Three Graces scantily draped in flowered robes with flowers in their hair, flanking a tapering triangular column edged in puce, the underside with green and puce diaper-pattern, the stopper modelled as bouquet of coloured flowers (stopper chipped), circa 1755
11cm. high overall
Lot Essay
Cf. G.E. Bryant, op. cit., pl. 54, no.5 and the example sold in these Rooms on 9 October 1989, lot 123