SCENT BOTTLE
Creator(s): Unknown
On view in: Second Floor Hallway
About this object
Bottle is pressed into an irregular undulating shape, which is further emphasized by scrolls picked out in gold. There is a picture on both front and back in colors, one of Minerva and the other an allegory of painting. The sides are white with raised lattice and dots also in white. The gilt copper stopper is in the shape of a dolphin.
- Object name:
- SCENT BOTTLE
- Made from:
- Enamel -- copper -- gilt copper
- Made in:
- ENGLAND: South Staffordshire, Bilston or Wednesbury
- Date made:
- ca. 1765
- Size:
- 10.5 cm (4 1/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 15.148
- Class:
- ENAMEL
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973