Chatelaine scent bottle in Murano glass with murrine featuring five portraits, a gondola and Rialto bridge

Murano glass and specks of gold aventurine scent bottle with five murrine portraits: the Pope Pio IX, Francesco Giuseppe, the Austrian Emperor and his brother Maximilian (2); Vittorio Emanuele II, first king of Italy. Also two other murrine: a little black gondola and the Rialto bridge. Metal mount. Original stopper in metal and cork with a tiny pink glass bead. Suspension chain with little ring.
Period
Late 19th century

Country

Murano (VE), Italy, 1860 ca

Material

glass and metal

Size

3,5 cm d

COD.

851

Labels

antique scent bottles

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