Bilston enamel scent bottle, painted with the portrait of lady Catherine Chambers (née More) after Joshua Reynolds painted her in 1752; possibly from an engrave by James Macardell pubblished in 1756. On the back a flowers bouquet edged in raised gilt on a cream, pink and pale blue ground. Bronze cap with a tuquoise bead on the top.
Kate Foster in her book “Scent Bottles” says:” Most of these different types of decoration were made on a coloured ground with gilt scroll bordersto the Rococo panels, and oftenwith white enamel diasperor florette on the ground. To produce the right texture of gilding, the crushed gold leafhad to be mixed with honey…” Many of these enamel bottles were copied, mainly by Samson but the quality of the work is coarse. An English enamel ‘rainbow group’ scent bottle.
Period
18th century
England, 1756 ca.
8,5 cm
COD.
909
Battersea dovrebbe essere riconosciuto come un termine “generico” inteso solo per differenziare lo smalto inglese dallo smalto continentale.La fabbrica di York House a Londra fu in attività solo dal 1753 al 1756 e poi fallì. Molti lavoratori migrarono a Bilston – Staffordshirehttp://www.historywebsite.co.uk/Museum/metalware/bilston.htmSee: E. Launert SCENT&SCENT BOTTLES, Berry & Jenkins, London 1974, fig.167, page 167
