Lot Essay
Cf. for a similar scent-bottle see: Heiner Meininghaus et al., Five Centuries of Scent and Elegant Flacons, Stuttgart, 1998, p. 72, no. 40, illustrated.
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APPARENTLY UNMARKED, FRANCE, CIRCA 1720
Details
An early French scent-bottle
Apparently unmarked, France, circa 1720
The cast flask with regence decoration of strapwork, foliage and draperies, surrounding on each side the enamelled portrait of a nun and munk, domed screwable top with shaped openwork ring handle
7.6 cm. high
gross 52 gr.
Apparently unmarked, France, circa 1720
The cast flask with regence decoration of strapwork, foliage and draperies, surrounding on each side the enamelled portrait of a nun and munk, domed screwable top with shaped openwork ring handle
7.6 cm. high
gross 52 gr.
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