A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD SCENT-BOTTLE

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12.11.2020 14:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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Lot 90 | A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD SCENT-BOTTLE
A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD SCENT-BOTTLE

MAKER'S MARK P.C., GENEVA, CIRCA 1810

baluster-shaped flask, each face with an oval medallion painted with a polychrome enamel altar to love in landscape, framed by a frieze of flowerheads alternating with pellets on turquoise blue ground and a claret colour enamelled band on engine-turned ground, the upper portion further set with opaque blue enamel painted with white vine festoon and doves, the sides chased with an enamelled running braid of foliage and pearls, openwork gold stopper

4 1/8 in. (102 mm.) high

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