Porcelain scent bottle depicting an ostrich

Porcelain scent bottle depicting a black and white ostrich. Metal crown top. This model required a more complex mold than the more common two-piece mold because the undercut design that created a space between the body and the head/neck required an additional piece that was molded and applied separately. Carved 7656 on the base an red stamp 19 Germany on the bottom.
Period
1900/1940

Country

Germany, 1920 ca

Material

porcelain and metal

Size

9 cm

COD.

68

Bibliogrphy

See: Turco P. “The Crown Top Book”, self pubblished, 2013, pag 103, fig 42 (different colour)

Labels

antique scent bottles

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