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Scent-bottle
Scent bottle, earthenware, irregular octagonal flask-shaped body with flat raised upper and lower sides, to one end of the bottle a scalloped fluted shoulder tapering towards a short cylindrical neck with rounded lip-rim; painted in high temperature colours with to the centre of the upper and lower sides a spray of stylized flowers and foliage in orange, green and brown, brown bands around the middle of the body , the edges of the upper and lower sides and the neck, brown lines radiating out around the shoulder from the neck. The lip-rim chipped.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 35043
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 2.4
Length
(cm): 8
Width
(cm): 5
Height
(in): 15
Length
(in): 3
Width
(in): 1
Techniques
slip-cast
forming
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
earthenware
enamel
glaze
Location
Gallery 07B South
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