Perfume Bottle

Dateca. 1790

OriginEngland, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Etruria

MediumStoneware, Jasperware, and gilt brass

DimensionsH: 3 1/8" W: 1 3/4"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1985-28,A&B

DescriptionPerfume bottle of ovoid form with gently swelling sides and straight neck with bead at edge. The neck threaded to receive cover. The gilt brass cover an unthreaded, plainer replacement. The Jasperware body of green dipped ground with two blue oval medallions applied on either side. One, with image of a woman seated on a curule chair and holding a putto. The other with an older woman and two lions. The medallions with a pearled border. The edges of the bottle with a line of small rosettes. At the top, under the neck, these descend in a swag. The sides with mold lines clearly evident.
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Provenancewith Lindsay Grigsby, Richmond

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