Rococo scent bottle in painted porcelain with the silver cap in the form of a sea creature

  • 998a
  • 998b
Rococo scent bottle in white porcelain painted on one side with a flower bouquet and a courting scene on the other one. The silver cap in the form of a sea creature. Meissen factory.
Period
18th century

Country

Germany, 1750 ca

Material

porcelain and silver or vermeil or gold

Size

8 cm

COD.

998

Bibliogrphy

E.Launert SCENT & SCENT BOTTLE, Barry & Jenkins, London, 1974, pag 148, fig.177

Labels

antique scent bottles

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