A GOLD-MOUNTED SCENT-BOTTLE OF 'GIRL IN A SWING' TYPE modelled as a nymph scantily clothed in yellow drapery and Cupid supporting a clock with black Roman numerals and hand on a pedestal, a Dalmation dog seated erect at their feet, the reverse applied with pink roses and foliage, the square base with green and brown cell-pattern edged in puce, the stopper with pink rose and foliage finial (stopper a restored replacement, hairline crack through nymph's robe and extending to pedestal, restoration to foliage), circa 1755 | Christie's

Lot 32

A GOLD-MOUNTED SCENT-BOTTLE OF 'GIRL IN A SWING' TYPE modelled as a nymph scantily clothed in yellow drapery and Cupid supporting a clock with black Roman numerals and hand on a pedestal, a Dalmation dog seated erect at their feet, the reverse applied with pink roses and foliage, the square base with green and brown cell-pattern edged in puce, the stopper with pink rose and foliage finial (stopper a restored replacement, hairline crack through nymph's robe and extending to pedestal, restoration to foliage), circa 1755

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A GOLD-MOUNTED SCENT-BOTTLE OF 'GIRL IN A SWING' TYPE modelled as a nymph scantily clothed in yellow drapery and Cupid supporting a clock with black Roman numerals and hand on a pedestal, a Dalmation dog seated erect at their feet, the reverse applied with pink roses and foliage, the square base with green and brown cell-pattern edged in puce, the stopper with pink rose and foliage finial (stopper a restored replacement, hairline crack through nymph's robe and extending to pedestal, restoration to foliage), circa 1755
8cm. high (2)

Lot Essay

Cf. G.E. Bryant, op. cit.,, pl. 19, no. 2 and Yvonne Hackenbroch, op. cit., pl. 66, fig. 137

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