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Scent Bottle in the Shape of a Crown

Scent Bottle in the Shape of a Crown

 
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Object Name: 
Scent Bottle in the Shape of a Crown
Department
European
Place Made: 
England, London
Date: 
about 1820-1830
Color
AAT
colorless
Technique
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 20.4 cm, Diam (max): 15.1 cm
Accession Number: 
2004.2.4
Location: 
Not on Display
Description
Colorless glass; blown, cut, ground and polished. Three-part scent bottle with the base representing the lower portion of a crown. The glass has 4 large panels cut completely away and the panels that remain are decorated with alternating diamond cut pattern and leaves. The inner bottle is a small cylindrical bottle that flares slightly at shoulders then narrows to a short neck and flares once again to a flat rim with a stopper in the shape of a cross "formee patee". It is decorated overall with a diamond pattern with the tips of a each diamond waffle-cut.
Provenance
C & L Burman (Works of Art) Ltd., Former Collection 2000 to 2004-03-16

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