A Meissen double scent bottle, c.1740, modelled as a provender to the monastery, the barefoot monk

A Meissen double scent bottle, c.1740, modelled as a provender to the monastery, the barefoot monk carrying a basket of eggs and a dead bird, a sheaf of corn on his back concealing a young woman with feet protruding, his head and part of the sheaf forming the stoppers, underneath the domed base painted with flowers, blue crossed swords mark beneath a gilt star, a small amount of restoration to the corn, 8cm.