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Toilet service

Description

Silver-gilt scent bottle of rectangular form with screw-on stopper attached by a chain, from the Lennoxlove toilet service, owned by Frances Teresa Stewart, Duchess of Richmond and Lennox: French, Paris, assayed between September 1672 and October 1674

Museum reference

A.1954.8 F

Collection

Decorative and Applied Art

Object name

Toilet service, Scent bottle, Perfume bottle

Production information

Unknown
Paris, France, Western Europe

Date

1672 - 1674

Materials

Silver-gilt

Physical description

Silver-gilt

Associations

Previous owner: Frances Teresa Stewart, Duchess of Richmond and Lennox, 1647 - 1702
Fourfault, Pierre
Probable presenter: Charles II, King of England, Scotland and Ireland, 1630 - 1685
Fermier-General: Vincent Fontier

Exhibitions

  • Art of Living (08 Jul 2016)
    National Museum of Scotland

  • Discoveries (29 Jul 2011 - 2016)
    National Museum of Scotland

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Collection Story

On display

national museum of scotland »
level 5 »
art, design and fashion, art of living

Credit

Acquired with the aid of the Art Fund

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