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Lot 73

A St James (Charles Gouyn) scent bottle and stopper
Circa 1755.

8 April 2009, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £1,020 inc. premium

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A St James (Charles Gouyn) scent bottle and stopper

Circa 1755.
Modelled as a family group, with a Chinaman seated with a small child holding a cherry on his knee, the mother standing, one hand resting upon his shoulder, before a fruiting tree, the stopper in the form of a bird, upon a mound base with a flower painted to the underside, 9.4cm high (broken in half and repaired, the man's hat and one wing of the bird restored) (2)

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For the model see G.E.Bryant, The Chelsea Porcelain Toys (1925), pl 23, fig 2

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