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Meissen Double Scent Bottle of a Monk
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Dates
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Circa 1760
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Description
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A fine Meissen double scent bottle of a Monk, Provender for the Monastery, with a lady hidden within a sheaf of corn on his back and carrying a basket of eggs in one hand and a goose in the other.
The stoppers are of the monk’s head and a sheaf of corn.
Literature:
E. Launert, Perfume and Pomanders, Scent and Scentbottles, p.156, pl. 215
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Condition
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Neck section of the monk with restoration, several pieces of corn heads restored, replacement corn stopper
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