A rare white opaque glass scent bottle dated 1778

A rare white opaque glass scent bottle dated 1778, probably Beilby, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, of flattened pear shape, painted in black enamel with the initials E * S and the date 1778, with a blue and green foliate surround, the reverse painted with pink roses and buds, 7.3cm. high.

Cf: a similar scent bottle dated 1780 and with the initials A*B was sold by Christie's, The Parkington Collection Part I, 16th October 1997, lot 113. Another, dated 1785, is in the Corning Museum of Glass, accession no. 86.2.23.