Girl-in-a-swing (St James’s) Harlequin & Columbine scent bottle C. 1755
( England
c. 1755
)
Medium
soft paste porcelain
Signed/Inscribed/Dated
unmarked
Provenance
English trade
Literature:
Ref. ‘Chelsea Toys’ pl 25 no. 4
Condition:
losses to leaves; touch-up to his hat; small stress lines
Description / Expertise
Girl-in-a-swing (St James’s) scent bottle modelled as a seated Columbine being approached by Harlequin from around a leafy tree, he in a mask and with an open melon, she holding a bottle & raising a glass to him, a swimming swan as the stopper in the silver gilt mounts, on a grassy mound base, with flowers within a gild dentil border to the underside.
Circa 1755
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