Scent bottle

Description

Scent bottle of semi-transparent pale bluish glass painted in yellow and white enamel colours with pendant leaf motives, with gilt metal mount with hinged cover, and gilt metal ring of rope pattern attached to the ends of two chains of gilt metal beads, part of the Ida Pappenheim Collection: Bohemian, c. 1850 - 1860

Museum reference

A.1971.518

Collection

Decorative and Applied Art

Object name

Scent bottle

Production information

Bohemia, Czech Republic, Eastern Europe

Date

c. 1850 - 1860

Materials

Glass, Gilt metal, Gilt metal, Gilt metal

Physical description

Semi-transparent pale bluish glass painted in yellow and white enamel colours with pendant leaf motives; gilt metal mount with hinged cover, and gilt metal ring of rope pattern attached to the ends of two chains of gilt metal beads

Associations

Ida Pappenheim Collection