Chatelaine metal scent bottle embellished with a geometric mosaic of multicolor semi precious stones in a ribbed frame. Round screw cap with a brass ribs and suspension chain. Possibly produced in Karlsbad.
Hand-fabricated during the height of the tourist era in Karlovy Vary, these charming items of personal adornment incorporate local aragonite which was formed from the deposition of mineral rich waters from the thermal springs.
The aragonite mosaic is accented with Russian malachite and Idar-Oberstein agates. German tourists to the region during the late 19th/early 20th Centuries would no doubt have purchased such souvenir items as remembrances of their visit to the therapeutic baths of Karlsbad.
Period
Late 19th century
Germany, 1900 ca
metal and hardstone
6 cm
COD.
1050