A FRENCH SILVER-GILT AND ENAMEL SCENT FLASK

POSSIBLY BY FROMENT-MEURICE, PARIS, CIRCA 1850

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A FRENCH SILVER-GILT AND ENAMEL SCENT FLASK
POSSIBLY BY FROMENT-MEURICE, PARIS, CIRCA 1850
Of baluster form, the body with eight oval segments framed in polychrome enamel, each over a matted ground chased with foliage, the neck faceted, the circular hinged cap chased with flowers and foliage, marked on neck with post-1838 French hallmark for small articles; together with a gold-mounted enamel scent bottle, circa 1870, the enamel sides of circular body with flowers and foliage, the hinged cap with conforming decoration, the flask in a fitted velvet case labeled LONGMAN LATE STRONGITH'ARM, WATERLOO PLACE, PALL MALL, the flask apparently unmarked; also together with a Continental silver-gilt needle case, of ovoid cylindrical form, the body and cover chased with shells, scrolls, birds, and masks, marked on body and cover with French control marks in use 1864-93
3 in. (7.6 cm.) long (3)

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The enamel flask Ouaiss Antiquités, Paris, 1995
The gold-mounted flask Koopman Rare Art, London, 1994
The needle case Koopman Rare Art, London, 1996

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Froment-Meurice was known for its historicist works decorated with enamel of both large and small scale. The firm exhibited a number of scent bottles in their display at the 1849 Paris Exposition. See Trésors D'Argent: Le Froment-Meurice Orfèvres Romantiques Parisiens, Paris 2003, illus. p. 37.

POSSIBLY BY FROMENT-MEURICE, PARIS, CIRCA 1850

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