A GOLD AND ENAMEL SCENT BOTTLE, PROBABLY GENEVA, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY
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July 14, 12:35 PM GMT
Estimate
800 - 1,200 GBP
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Description
A GOLD AND ENAMEL SCENT BOTTLE, PROBABLY GENEVA, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY
probably made for the Indian market in Moghul taste, of boteh form, the curved body and chained everted cap chased with and overall design of gold flowers on a scarlet basse-taille enamel ground, apparently unmarked
7cm; 2¾in. long
Some 40 years later the American firm of Tiffany & Co. were creating scent bottles of similar form and type of overall floral decoration but in silver for the mass market; see John Loring, Tiffany’s 150 Years, New York, 1987, p. 73 for a flask with this type of decoration.