Gilt silver cylinder scent bottle engraved in the manner of Kate Greenaway. A central cartouche depictis a little girl perched on a fence playing a trumpet. The piece is further embellished in the round with branches of flowering apple tree. Hinged flip top and inner cristal stopper. Full hallmarked for London, 1882, SM marker for Sampson Mordan.
Period
Victorian
England, 1882
silver or vermeil or gold
5,5 cm
COD.
410
Literature: Kate Greenaway was a prolific illustrator of childrens books, born in Hoxton in 1846, the daughter of a daughter of a draughtsman and engraver, John Greenaway. She popularised a style of drawing that is instantly recognisable as hers – delicate watercolours of children with animals and birds in the English countryside. Between 1882 – 1884 Greenaway pictures appeared on Mordan scent bottles almost always with children in the foreground and a house or church in the background.A delightful sterling silver cylinder scent bottle, with a hinged flip top and glass stopper. The bottle is finely engraved in the Kate Greenaway style, with two little girls sitting on a wall looking at a snail, there is a church in the background. Original gilt interior. Height 5.5 cms. Diameter 2.5 cms. London 1893. Maker Sampson Mordan & Co.Literature: Kate Greenaway was a prolific illustrator of childrens books, born in Hoxton in 1846, the daughter of an daughter of a draughtsman and engraver, John Greenaway. She popularised a style of drawing that is instantly recognisable as hers – delicate watercolours of children with animals and birds in the English countryside.Between 1882 – 1884 Greenaway pictures appeared on Mordan scent bottles almost always with children in the foreground and a house or church in the background.
