Bilston enamel scent bottle, painted with the portrait of lady Catherine Chambers (née More) after Joshua Reynolds painted her in 1752; possibly from an engraving by James Macardell, pubblished in 1756. On the back, a flowers bouquet edged in raised gilt on a cream, pink and pale blue ground. Bronze cap with a tuquoise bead on the top.

Kate Foster in her book “Scent Bottles” says: “Most of these different types of decoration were made on a coloured ground with gilt scroll bordersto the Rococo panels, and oftenwith white enamel diasperor florette on the ground. To produce the right texture of gilding, the crushed gold leafhad to be mixed with honey…” Many of these enamel bottles were copied, mainly by Samson, but the quality of the work is coarse.