Porcelain scent bottle featuring a Pierrot with gilt vinaigrette

Porcelain scent bottle in the form of Pierrot, standing by a tree stump on a white base with grassy markings. He wears a white Pierrot costume with gilt-trimmed edges and red shoes. The head forms the stopper with a collar of turquoises stones. The base, inlaid with lapis lazuli, opens to reveal a gilt vinaigrette and large gilt butterfly painted on the interior. Possibly by FÜRSTENBERG. Another perfume flask of the same model, gilded with the same butterfly but with different mounts, is held by the Gardiner Museum in Toronto (No. G83.1.1059, https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/944/pierrot-with-patch-box?ctx=99a91a8d8e264d607548705700d4403173e0859c&idx=18
Period
18th century

Country

Germany, 1765 ca

Material

porcelain, stones and gold

Size

8.5 cm

COD.

1256

Labels

antique scent bottles

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