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Scent-bottle
Scent-bottle, solid pale-blue jasper, flattened oval form with at one end a short neck fitted with a silver mount to which a small silver lid is attached by a hinge, into the mouth of the neck fits a small blue jasper stopper, decorated with applied ornament in white relief with to either side of the body a medallion with classical figures enclosed by formal borders of leaves, interlaced bands around the upper and lower body, a border of floral festoons around the shoulder, vertical engine-turned banding around the lower body.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 36078
Creation/Production
Wedgwood
Date: 19th century (early) –
Acquisition
Purchase, 1903
Measurements
Height
(cm): 10.3
Length
(cm): 4.5
Width
(cm): 2
Height
(in): 4
Length
(in): 1
Width
(in): 13
Techniques
slip-cast
forming
Applied Art
cast
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
applied
decoration
Applied Art
engine-turned
decoration
Applied Art
Material
jasper
silver
Location
In store
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