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A St James’s (Charles Gouyn’s factory) porcelain scent bottle and stopper, circa 1755, with gold mounts

Estimate

1,000 - 1,500 EUR

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Description

of flattened puce scroll-edged form, each side painted with a spray of flowers, one side with a lady bird, the stopper in the form of a yellow bird perched on a tree stump and attached by a chain


Height 8.7 cm; 3 ½ in

Marc Gaudet-Blavignac, Geneva, 11-12 June 2013, lot 422;

Acquired at the above sale.

A scent bottle of this form, lacking its stopper, is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (accession no. 414:280/&A-1885), given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber.