A Chelsea gilt-metal mounted Aesop's Fable scent bottle and stopper, circa 1755

modelled as a slender bottle around which curve a stork and fox, their feathers and fur delicately painted in purple and red respectively, the fox licking the side of the bottle, upon a scrollwork pedestal base picked out in gilding applied with small flowers, the stopper formed as a small bird in plumage, 

Anon. sale, Sotheby's London, 29th June 1965, lot 103, acquired at the sale by Winifred Williams.

One small flower chipped and the bird's tail feather's with a chip. The rim of the bottle with three short faint hairline cracks. Some scattered rubbing to enamels consistent with handling.
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J. C. Austin illustrates an example from Mrs. Meyer Sassoon collection, sold in these rooms, 4th May 1965, lot 64, retaining its contemporary shagreen case, in the collection catalogue, Chelsea Porcelain at Williamsburg, 1976, pp. 108-109, no. 101.