Chatelaine scent bottle in Murano glass with murrine featuring three high quality portraits

  • 880a
  • 880b
  • 880c
  • 880d
  • 880e
  • 880f
Obsidian glass and specks of gold aventurine scent bottle with figurative murrine canes featuring three portraits of exceptional quality: Napoleon (the rarest portrait in this kind of bottles) and his nephew Napoleon the 3rd with his wife Eugenia de Montijo. Brass mount and hinged lid with repousse foliate decoration. Suspension chain with ring.
Period
Late 19th century

Country

Murano (VE), Italy, 1860 ca

Material

glass and metal

Size

7,5 cm

COD.

880

Labels

antique scent bottles

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