A pair of Chelsea or St. James porcelain mounted scent bottles Circa 1755
A pair of Chelsea or St. James porcelain mounted scent bottles
Circa 1755
Each cylindrical glass bottle cut with shallow concave diamond shapes, the white enamel neck mounts each inscribed, the enamelled porcelain finials formed as doves, in a fitted shagreen case, height 6.5 cm.
Sold for £1,500 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • The inscriptions read;
    Pour la Plus Belle and ?lein D'Amitte.

Category: Decorative Arts / Silver


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