Scent bottle

Description

Scent bottle of gilt brass? with embossed scrollwork decoration on a blackened matted ground, with high domed hinged cover and, attached to the shoulders, a chain with a ring, part of the Ida Pappenheim Collection: possibly French, mid 19th century

Museum reference

A.1971.596

Collection

Decorative and Applied Art

Object name

Scent bottle

Production information

France, Western Europe

Date

Mid 19th century

Materials

Brass gilt

Physical description

Gilt brass?; embossed scrollwork decoration on a blackened matted ground; high domed hinged cover

Associations

Ida Pappenheim Collection