Sale 9109
London, South Kensington
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24 May 2001
Price realised
GBP 282
Estimate
A Rockingham flower-encrusted scent bottle and stopper with flowerhead finial, puce griffin mark and gilt cl.2, circa 1835 (some damages and restoration) -- 8cm. highSee illustration
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Cf. Alwyn and Angela Cox, Rockingham Pottery and Porcelain, 1745-1842 (1983), p. 176, pl. 129.
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