A RARE DUTCH JEWELLED ENAMEL AND GOLD POMANDER
CIRCA 1660
Pear-shaped scent flask, the finial, formed as a vine, unscrews to release six hinged segments, each exterior panel enamelled with a portrait of a lady or a gentleman in red, surrounded by flowers and leaves and set with a precious stone (two missing), the interior stem a hexagonal vari-colour enamelled central axis, the base with raised enamel painted with a rosette
1½ in. (38 mm.) high
A RARE DUTCH JEWELLED ENAMEL AND GOLD POMANDER
CIRCA 1660
Pear-shaped scent flask, the finial, formed as a vine, unscrews to release six hinged segments, each exterior panel enamelled with a portrait of a lady or a gentleman in red, surrounded by flowers and leaves and set with a precious stone (two missing), the interior stem a hexagonal vari-colour enamelled central axis, the base with raised enamel painted with a rosette
1½ in. (38 mm.) high
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