A GEORGE III JEWELLED ENAMELLED GOLD SCENT BOTTLE
A GEORGE III JEWELLED ENAMELLED GOLD SCENT BOTTLE
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A GEORGE III JEWELLED ENAMELLED GOLD SCENT BOTTLE

BY JAMES MORISSET (FL.1738–1815), LONDON, 1787

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A GEORGE III JEWELLED ENAMELLED GOLD SCENT BOTTLE
BY JAMES MORISSET (FL.1738–1815), LONDON, 1787
Baluster shaped, with blue guilloché enamel panels on engine-turned wavy ground scattered with pellets and set with diamond foliate mounts and oval medallion with hair braid behind glass, within light blue and white enamelled borders with gold laurel, with similar threaded cap and gold stopper, in original fitted case, marked on base and inside cap
3 in. (76 mm.) high
gross weight 1 oz. 9 dwt. (46 gr.)
来源
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 17 April 1996, lot 17.
注意事项
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.

荣誉呈献

Harry Williams-Bulkeley
Harry Williams-Bulkeley International Head of Silver Department

拍品专文


Of Huguenot descent, James Morisset is one of London’s most celebrated makers of enamelled gold dress-swords, boxes and objects of vertu. Praised for his enamel work en par with continental work, Morisset worked closely with his nephew Augustin Toussaint (1768–1785), a miniaturist and enameller.

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