Exagonal Bilston scent bottle with delicate, hand-painted bouquets of polychrome flowers

Bilston scent bottle, produced primarily in South Staffordshire (particularly Bilston and Wednesbury), an area renowned at the time for its metalwork and copper enamels. The exagonal body is crafted from a thin sheet of shaped copper, then coated with a layer of opaque vitreous enamel and fired at very high temperatures. Details like flowers and bouquers were then added by hand by decorators. It features the classic Bilston-style decorations. These include white-background cartouches decorated with delicate, hand-painted bouquets of polychrome flowers (roses and violets). The surrounding background is a characteristic pale blue/turquoise color (commonly called powder blue), embellished with small white dotted reliefs (raised white enamel or dotting) and decorative scrolls. Frame: The upper part features its mouthpiece and the original cap in worked gilded metal (often brass or mercury-gilded copper), surmounted by a decorative lily or scroll motif, completed by a small chain that secures the cap to the bottle.