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St. James's Italian Comedy Scent Bottle
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Print Details
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Request Details
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Dates
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Circa 1755
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Medium
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Porcelain
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Origin
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England
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Description
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A fine St James’s Italian Comedy scent bottle modelled as Harlequin and Columbine; the seated columbine holds her hand aloft with a goblet of red wine above her head and a wine bottle in her other hand. Harlequin with a black mask, stands by her side holding a sliced-open watermelon. A pecking bird sitting on a bunch of grapes surrounded by leaves forms the stopper. The receptacle at the back is formed as a tree stump encrusted with leaves. Typical flower painting to her skirt, including two red cherries. Green mound base, the underside painted with a typical green circular motif with flowers in the centre.
9cm High
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Condition
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Restoration to the top of the tree stump at the point where the stopper arrives, some leaves restored and a small chip to the tip of her nose filled.
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Literature
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G.E. Bryant, The Chelsea Porcelain Toys, p.92, pl.25, no.4.
Meyer Sassoon Collection, Sotheby’s 1965, lot 57.
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