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A bottle of ovoid form with flattened sides and a long tapering neck with an ormolu cap and fitted with a stopper in the form of a dove. Enamel on metal and painted on the sides in colours in irregular panels with two landscapes depicting lovers and 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 with an ormolu cap and fitted with an ormolu stopper in the form of a dove; body and neck slightly moulded. Enamel on metal and painted in colours on the sides in irregular recessed panels with two landscapes of a lady seated on a mound with a basket over her arm and feeding a gentleman who sits at her feet with a dog to one side and sheep and a goat to the other and on the other side with a gentlemen sitting leaning on a broken tree trunk with a lady seated beside him. The remainder of the surface is divided by gilt rococo scrolls into compartments of irregular shape, raised and variously coloured pink, green and white being decorated by being broken up into squares by lines of white dots with dots between in raised white enamel.
Technique: enamelling
Technique: hand-painting
Technique: moulding
Material: enamel
Material: metal
scent bottle made in South Staffordshire, England, Britain, Europe, (1958.279). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.21892 | Go to resource |
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