Scent bottle case

Description

Scent bottle case of walnut split along its length, and hinged, both parts lined with red silk and mounted in gilt metal, made to contain three octagonal straight-sided glass bottles with stoppers and a gilt metal funnel, part of the Ida Pappenheim Collection: French, 1838 - 1900

Museum reference

A.1971.629

Collection

Decorative and Applied Art

Object name

Scent bottle case

Production information

France, Western Europe

Date

1838 - 1900

Materials

Walnut, Silk, Gilt metal

Physical description

Walnut; lined with red silk; mounted in gilt metal

Associations

Ida Pappenheim Collection