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Creator(s): Spode Ceramic Works (Manufacturer)

On view in: Adam Bedroom


About this object

The pefume bottle is round and urn-shaped. It has a white stopper topped by a white rose with leaves in the round. Around the rim is a painted gilt band and a flat lip which is also gilded. On either side of the bottle is a bird. One is yellow and the other has a red head, white breast and black wings with stripes. The bottle has a white ground which is covered with round flower heads with turquoise edges and red dots. There are leaf sprays scattered over the body. It sits on a gilded base.

Made from:
Porcelain
Made in:
Stoke-on-Trent, England
Date made:
ca. 1830
Size:
8.9 cm (3 1/2 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
26.131.1-2
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973