Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 1 - 31st October 2023
Lot 1734
An early-19th century gold-mounted bloodstone scent flask,
Estimate £300 - £400 | Hammer £378
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Description
An early-19th century gold-mounted bloodstone scent flask,
unmarked,
baluster form, plain mounts inscribed 'Mrs Robert Kerr Junr. Cessnock,1842', with a chain attachment, length 5cm.
Provenance: A Private Collection.
Purchased from Bonhams, Knightsbridge, 11 March 1997, lot 28.
Cessnock is part of Glasgow and also a mining town in New South Wales, Australia.