Glass scent bottle enclosed in a mercury-gilt cagework showing a portrait of an Elizabethan lady

  • 194a
  • 194b
  • 194c
Smoked thick glass scent bottle enclosed in a mercury-gilt intricate cage work with flowers and foliage and a woman portrait with a rich hairstyle adorned with jewels wearing a ruff, possibly a portrait of Elizabeth the 1st. Perforated stopper with suspension chain.

Country

France, 1850 ca

Material

glass and metal

Size

6 cm

COD.

194

Bibliogrphy

E.Launert “Scent & Scent Bottle”, Barry & Jenkins, London, 1974, pag 73, fig.68

Labels

antique scent bottles

My collection

Silver scent-jar in closed pomander form

Scent-jar in closed pomander form, in silver with chased floral ornaments. It opens in four parts: the bottom contains a sponge th...

Crystal scent bottle with Napoleonic portraits

Cut crystal scent bottle with white ceramic paste inlays, with a double portrait of Napoleon and his second wife Marie Louise, lat...

Ivory scent bottle with two carved portraits: Emperor Costantine and his wife Fausta Flavia Maxima

Ivory bottle with rich carved decoration of foliage and acorns, partially eroded by time. On the front the profile of a man with a...

Blue glass scent bottle enclosed in a elaborated openwork cage showing two Saints. Rare closure

Blue glass flat-round scent bottle enclosed in a gilded silver openwork cage showing on the front Saint Ulrich (identified by the ...
Discover the collection