Belt chatelaine in gilt metal with three items attachd: a scent bottle, a powder box and a lorgnette

Belt chatelaine in gilt metal with three items attachd: a scent bottle, a powder box and a lorgnette. The round powder box has a guilloche enamelled top in green with a concentric motif and a garland of roses; it opens to reveal a flock of cotton as powder puff and a small mirror. The ornate gold-tone metal scent bottle is in Baroccan style. The lorgnette (folding eyeglasses) closed looks like a single-lens magnifying glass, open it unfolds into a pair of spectacles. The top clasp shape reminds a dragon fly with open wings.
Period
Late 19th century

Country

France, 1890 ca

Material

Metal

Size

5.5 cm

COD.

1299

Labels

antique scent bottles

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