Two Continental Silver-Gilt Scent Flasks, Late 17th Century

Two Continental Silver-Gilt Scent Flasks, Late 17th Century

both of pilgrim flask form, one engraved on both sides with amatory vignettes- a woman’s profile within a heart with words So lang ich lebe / Annehmlichkeit ist dir schӧnste farb [As long as I live/ Amenity is the nicest color] and a cupid shooting another with arrow with words, and the surface finely chased with scrolling foliage and fruit on matted ground, engine-turned screw-on base and cap, the latter with chain to the side of the body, probably Augsburg; the second cast on one side with an elegant seated lady playing a lute in a classical garden with fountain and on the other with a youth playing a harp in a landscape with town behind, all within scrolled strapwork on matted ground, the base unscrewing to access another compartment, the ring finial unscrewing to emit scent through a single hole, both unmarked

heights 3 5/8 and 3 7/8 in.

9.2 and 10 cm