Two Chelsea fruit-form scent bottles and stoppers circa 1755

comprising: a gilt-metal-mounted purple pear and a silver-mounted damson.

Pear: the stopper is a gilt metal replacement; there is a very minor pinhead chip to the edge of the curled leaf and some minor flaking to the green enamel. Damson: minor pinhead chip to the edge of the stopper's leaf, beneath which is a small area that appears to have had a chip polished down and retouched; chip to the tip of the larger leaf on the side of the fruit; and some minor touched-up chipping to the edge of the leaf upon which the damson rests.
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