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Chelsea Pug Scent Bottle
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This item is no longer available
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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 Chelsea red anchor period gold-mounted scent bottle, naturally modelled as a pug bitch, her head detachable and with a gold mount and chain to the neck, seated on her haunches, with grey markings and a black muzzle, on an oval base painted with flowers, the underside is also painted with a large bouquet of flowers, gilt dentil rim. 6cm High
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Literature
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Bryant 1925, p. 51 pl. 1 Hackenbroch 1957, p. 102 fig. 80 pl. 64 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Untermyer Collection, inv. 64.101.527.a/b Victoria and Albert Museum, Schreiber Collection, inv. 414:290&A/1885 Toronto Gardiner Museum, inv. G83.1.1003;BLUNT 1924, p. 28 pl. 28 no. 4 (46) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Untermyer Collection, inv. 64.101.527.a/b
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