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Perfume Bottle

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1868-1899

GUSN

GUSN-11964

Description

A hand painted white porcelain with polychrome and gilt floral swags. It has a square body with canted corners, angled shoulders and a flared neck.

Details

Descriptive Terms

perfume bottles
gilding
painting (image-making)
hand-painted
porcelain
floral patterns
Porcelain
Painted
Gilded
Floral
BOTTLE, TOILET

Associated Building

Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

France

Dimensions

6.25 x 3 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph May

Accession Number

1971.1676A

Related Items

Title Perfume Bottle Stopper Accession Number 1971.1676B

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