A 'GIRL-IN-A-SWING' GOLD-MOUNTED SCENT-BOTTLE MODELLED AS A PUG-BITCH, her ears enriched in iron-red and with black muzzle, iron-red tongue and black fur markings, seated erect on an oval mound base painted with two flowers, the underside with a loose bouquet and leaves, the gold mount to the neck with chain attachment and with ribbed gold mount to the base (minute chip to right ear), circa 1755 | Christie's

Lot 60

A 'GIRL-IN-A-SWING' GOLD-MOUNTED SCENT-BOTTLE MODELLED AS A PUG-BITCH, her ears enriched in iron-red and with black muzzle, iron-red tongue and black fur markings, seated erect on an oval mound base painted with two flowers, the underside with a loose bouquet and leaves, the gold mount to the neck with chain attachment and with ribbed gold mount to the base (minute chip to right ear), circa 1755

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A 'GIRL-IN-A-SWING' GOLD-MOUNTED SCENT-BOTTLE MODELLED AS A PUG-BITCH, her ears enriched in iron-red and with black muzzle, iron-red tongue and black fur markings, seated erect on an oval mound base painted with two flowers, the underside with a loose bouquet and leaves, the gold mount to the neck with chain attachment and with ribbed gold mount to the base (minute chip to right ear), circa 1755
6cm. high

Literature

Margaret Legge, op. cit., col. pl. p. 86, no. 205

Exhibited

Flowers and Fables, no. 205

Lot Essay

Cf. G.E. Bryant, op. cit., pl. 5, no. 1 and the example sold in these Rooms on 2 June 1986, lot 197

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