Live Auction 14224The Collector: English Furniture, Clocks & Works of Art
A CHELSEA GOLD-MOUNTED DOUBLE SCENT-BOTTLE AND STOPPERS
Lot 96 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION (LOTS 94-99)

A CHELSEA GOLD-MOUNTED DOUBLE SCENT-BOTTLE AND STOPPERS

CIRCA 1755

Closed15 November 2017

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GBP 8,750

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A CHELSEA GOLD-MOUNTED DOUBLE SCENT-BOTTLE AND STOPPERS
CIRCA 1755
Modelled as a nun standing before a tree-stump, holding an open book inscribed 'Charitas', the base painted with flower spays within a gilt dentil rim
4 ¼ in. (10.8 cm.) high overall

Specialist note

An example from the Irwin Untermyer Collection is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, museum no. 1971.75.14a–c.