Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 21st October 2020
Lot 57
A RARE CANADIAN CAST IRON BULL'S HEAD PERFUME DISPENSER LATE 19TH CENTURY probably made for the...
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £300
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Description
A RARE CANADIAN CAST IRON BULL'S HEAD PERFUME DISPENSER
LATE 19TH CENTURY
probably made for the English market, with a brass slot, inscribed 'One penny pat. ap...04', with articulated horns and an open mouth, inscribed 'The Imperial Perfume Co. Byron House Fleet St. London E.C. Made in Canada'
23.5cm high, 19.3cm wide
Catalogue Note
For a similar example see Sotheby's, New York, Sculptural Fantasy: The Important American Folk Art Collection of Stephen and Petra Levin, 10th October 2019, lot 140.