A LOUIS XV GOLD SCENT BOTTLE
BY FRANÇOIS FROISSART (FL. 1705-1748), PARIS, 1733/1734, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF HUBERT LOUVET 1732-1738 AND ANOTHER INDISTINCT MARK, LATER STRUCK WITH THE KLAGENFURT TAX MARK OF 1806/1807
Formed as a pilgrim's gourd, the baluster body decorated with three cartouches chased and engraved on a sablé ground with a seated pilgrim holding a gourd on a stick, a ship at sea and a shipwreck, divided by scrolling polished gold panels engraved with reeding, the upper baluster part chased with scallops on a matted ground, polished neck, the pierced gold stopper attached at the neck with a gold chain, marked underneath, on rim and finial
13/4 in. (44 mm.) high without the chain
1/2 oz. (14 gr.)
A LOUIS XV GOLD SCENT BOTTLE
BY FRANÇOIS FROISSART (FL. 1705-1748), PARIS, 1733/1734, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF HUBERT LOUVET 1732-1738 AND ANOTHER INDISTINCT MARK, LATER STRUCK WITH THE KLAGENFURT TAX MARK OF 1806/1807
Formed as a pilgrim's gourd, the baluster body decorated with three cartouches chased and engraved on a sablé ground with a seated pilgrim holding a gourd on a stick, a ship at sea and a shipwreck, divided by scrolling polished gold panels engraved with reeding, the upper baluster part chased with scallops on a matted ground, polished neck, the pierced gold stopper attached at the neck with a gold chain, marked underneath, on rim and finial
13/4 in. (44 mm.) high without the chain
1/2 oz. (14 gr.)