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CIRCA 1715, THE MOUNTS CONTEMPORARY
Details
A Böttger polished red stoneware silver-gilt-mounted scent-flask
Circa 1715, the mounts contemporary
Of pilgrim-flask form, with Frauenkopf handles, the lower part and tapering neck with gadroons and polished circle ornament, on an oval gadrooned foot with a silver-gilt mount of stiff leaves, the screw cover with chain attachment (slight chip to top of one handle)
3½ in. (9 cm.) high overall
Circa 1715, the mounts contemporary
Of pilgrim-flask form, with Frauenkopf handles, the lower part and tapering neck with gadroons and polished circle ornament, on an oval gadrooned foot with a silver-gilt mount of stiff leaves, the screw cover with chain attachment (slight chip to top of one handle)
3½ in. (9 cm.) high overall
Provenance
Anon., sale Christie's Geneva, 12th May 1980, lot 205
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.