scent bottle
Summary
A bottle of rectangular form with the short sides being convex with a tapering neck and a brass cap fitted with a plain brass stopper. Enamel on metal and painted in colours on the two long sides with panels of a landscape with classical ruins on one side and a spray of flowers on the other, the shorter sides are painted with panels of sprays of flowers all outlined in gold on a blue ground decorated with lines, dots and scrolls in gold.
Object Name
scent bottle
Date Created
1785-1799
Dimensions
object: 6.7cm x 2.6cm
accession number
1958.272
Collection Group
Place of creation
South Staffordshire
Medium
Credit
Harold Raby bequest
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