Porcelain scent bottle, souvenir of Tighnabruaich

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Round scent bottle in hand-painted porcelain with flowers and a scroll saying “A present from Tighnabruaich”; this village is in Scotland but on the bottom is written “Made in Austria”(!?) Metal mount with screw globular cap.
Period
Victorian

Country

Austria, 1900 ca

Material

porcelain and metal

Size

5 cm

COD.

354

Labels

antique scent bottles

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