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Meissen Scent Bottle
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Dates
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Circa 1750
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Medium
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Porcelain
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Origin
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Germany
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Description
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A Meissen scent bottle of a harlequin standing by a rococo bottle vase with his arm raised. Gilt metal mount with a flower finial and chain, modelled by J.J. Kändler.
Faint underglaze blue crossed swords mark to the base.
8cm High
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Condition
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Restoration to the neck, shoulder, chip to hat, toe and base filled.
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Literature
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E. Launert, Scent and Scent bottles p.156, 214
G. Pillivuyt, Les Flaçons de Seduction. L’art du Parfume au XVIII siècele/ Musée de Marmottan. P. 97
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