scent bottle
Object NameScent Bottle
Made FromLead Glass, Gold
Date1760-1770
Place MadeEngland, probably London
TechniqueBlown, cut
SizeOverall H: 10.9 cm, W: 4.8 cm
Accession Number83.2.26
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
In Sparkling Company: Glass and the Costs of Social Life in Britain during the 1700s
On ViewChanging Exhibition Gallery
Physical DescriptionScent Bottle. Colorless lead glass, metal alloy; blown, cut, gilded. Flat, ovoid body, with long, cylindrical neck and flared foot; cut all over, with diamond facets on either face of the body, short panels on the sides and neck; molded gold collar at the rim, with a small side loop, and flexible gold chain attached to a gold heart-shaped stopper with chased foliate designs and tapered shank; the sides of the bottle with a thin gold cage, formed as four bands of elaborate rococo openwork gold, with scrolls and floral swags; the bottom with a hinged, molded cover of rectangular form with canted corners; ogee-molded edge thumb-piece; opening onto a dished receptacle in the foot of the bottle; tiny square paper label on the hinged base, inscribed in ink "69.".Provenance
Former Collection
Sir Hugh Dawson
- 1983-06-20
Source
Delomosne & Son Limited
- 1983-06-20
Former Collection
Christie's, Paris
- 1982-12-08
