A GOLD-MOUNTED SCENT-BOTTLE ETUI OF 'GIRL IN A SWING' TYPE modelled as a putto wearing a blue-edged frill round his neck standing among fruiting-vine, holding a yellow basket on his head filled with grapes surmounted by a gilt-metal bird stopper, the hinged stamped gold mount at his waist with an enamel band inscribed CAGE DE MON AMITIE, the base with a gold mount set with an intaglio gemstone showing the head of a classical warrior (bird stopper later, cracks and staining to lower part, chip to rim of base, damage to enamel band), circa 1755

细节

A GOLD-MOUNTED SCENT-BOTTLE ETUI OF 'GIRL IN A SWING' TYPE modelled as a putto wearing a blue-edged frill round his neck standing among fruiting-vine, holding a yellow basket on his head filled with grapes surmounted by a gilt-metal bird stopper, the hinged stamped gold mount at his waist with an enamel band inscribed CAGE DE MON AMITIE, the base with a gold mount set with an intaglio gemstone showing the head of a classical warrior (bird stopper later, cracks and staining to lower part, chip to rim of base, damage to enamel band), circa 1755
12cm. long (2)

拍品专文

Cf. G.E. Bryant, op. cit., pl. 19. no. 2 and Yvonne Hackenbrock, op. cit., pl. 66, fig. 137