Scent bottle

Description

Scent bottle of clear colourless glass with cut decoration of a diaper of eight-pointed stars, with gilt metal mount with hinged cover stamped with fleurs-de-lys and flowers in figures of eight in relief, part of the Ida Pappenheim Collection: Bohemian, c. 1830 - 1850

Museum reference

A.1971.342

Collection

Decorative and Applied Art

Object name

Scent bottle

Production information

Bohemia, Czech Republic, Eastern Europe

Date

c. 1830 - 1850

Materials

Glass, Gilt metal

Physical description

Clear colourless glass with cut decoration of a diaper of eight-pointed stars; gilt metal mount with hinged cover stamped with fleurs-de-lys and flowers in figures of eight in relief

Associations

Ida Pappenheim Collection

Exhibitions

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