A Magnificent Gilt-Bronze and Eglomise Four Bottle Scent Casket
FRANCE, Circa 1870
REF No. B74601
dimensions
Height :10 cm | 3⁷/₈ in
Width :23 cm | 9 in
Depth :18 cm | 7¹/₈ in
Width :23 cm | 9 in
Depth :18 cm | 7¹/₈ in
description
A Magnificent Gilt-Bronze and Eglomise Scent Casket.
This exceptional Grand Tour scent casket is of oval lobbed form finely cast in gilt-bronze with foliate reserves, the hinged lid opening to reveal a fitted interior with a removable caddy fitted with four gilt mounted square section ruby glass scent bottles, each with a finely painted eglomise glass stopper depicting architectural views of Paris; The Cathedral of Notre Dame, Les Invalides, L'Arc de Triomphe and Palais Bourbon.
French, Circa 1850.
This exceptional Grand Tour scent casket is of oval lobbed form finely cast in gilt-bronze with foliate reserves, the hinged lid opening to reveal a fitted interior with a removable caddy fitted with four gilt mounted square section ruby glass scent bottles, each with a finely painted eglomise glass stopper depicting architectural views of Paris; The Cathedral of Notre Dame, Les Invalides, L'Arc de Triomphe and Palais Bourbon.
French, Circa 1850.
