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A bottle of ovoid form with flattened sides and a long tapering neck fitted with an ormolu mount to the top. Enamel on metal and painted in colours in irregular panels on the sides with two landscapes containing figures bordered by gilt scrolls; the remainder of the surface is divided into compartments by gilt scrolls and coloured.
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A bottle of ovoid form with flattened sides and a long tapering neck fitted with a slightly beaded ormolu mount to the top. Enamel on metal and painted on the sides in colours in irregular recessed panels with two landscapes of a seated man playing a guitar in front of a lady and gentleman and on the other side with a gentlemen sitting leaning on a broken tree trunk with a lady seated beside him and a dog barking. The remainder of the surface is divided by gilt rococo scrolls into comparments of irregular shape, raised and variously coloured pink, lavender and yellow and decorated with dots in raised white enamel.
Technique: enamelling
Technique: hand-painting
Material: enamel
Material: metal
scent bottle made in South Staffordshire, England, Britain, Europe, (1958.284). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.21888 | Go to resource |
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