A Chelsea gilt-metal mounted double scent bottle in the form of a monkey and its young, circa 1755

modelled sat on its haunches wearing a basket on its back filled with flowers from which rises its young, their detachable heads forming the stoppers, upon a small mound base painted with flower sprigs and larger spray to the underside, with gilt-dentil border,

Some restoration and lacquering to the monkey, the base and to the basket and flowers.
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The model was also adapted as a single-scent bottle, an example of this type was sold in these rooms, 25th October 2016, lot 693.