Scent bottle stopper

Description

Detachable cork stopper with vertical disc-shaped gilt metal handle, for a scent bottle of clear colourless glass painted with two putti holding up a basket of flowers, with borders of star devices on hexagonal bosses, part of the Ida Pappenheim Collection: Bohemian, c. 1830 - 1840

Museum reference

A.1971.449 A

Collection

Decorative and Applied Art

Object name

Scent bottle stopper

Production information

Bohemia, Czech Republic, Eastern Europe

Date

c. 1830 - 1840

Materials

Cork, Gilt metal

Physical description

Cork; vertical disc-shaped gilt metal handle

Associations

Ida Pappenheim Collection

Exhibitions

• Treasured: Wonderful Things, Amazing Stories (14 Nov 2008 - 01 Jan 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland