British and Continental Ceramics & Glass - 30th April 2024
Lot 413
An English porcelain scent bottle, probably late 18th century, modelled in the Chelsea manner with
Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £126
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Description
An English porcelain scent bottle, probably late 18th century, modelled in the Chelsea manner with two dolphins entwined around aquatic weed above a large scallop shell, with gilt metal mounts to the foot and neck, 9cm.
Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex.
Cf. Metropolitan Museum, Accession Number 64.101.528a,b for the original Chelsea model from the Irwin Untermeyer bequest.