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Dry gourd scent bottle, souvenir of Ajaccio

Scent bottle obtained by a dried little pumpkin (Corsican gourd) with two pyrographies: on the front the profile of a man with the characteristic Phrygian cap and the word Ajaccio; on the back a flower with six petals. The neck, the cap with cork and the chain are silver, but the ring seems to be brass.

Period

Early 19th century

Country

Corsica (France); Early 19th Ct.

Material

material of vegetal origin

Size

4 cm d

COD.

46

Labels

Chatelaine, Early 19th century, material of vegetal origin, Souvenir

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