A JEWELLED GOLD-MOUNTED LAPIS LAZULI ROCK CRYSTAL SCENT BOTTLE, FRANCE, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY

The bulbous carved rock crystal body with gold openwork rim, surmounted by a lapis lazuli and gold-mounted rose-cut diamond collar, with part of the label glued to the body 'Appartenait à S. M. l'Empereur de Russie Alexandre II', with a hinged gold-mounted lapis lazuli top, with a detachable gold stopper inside, marked on mounts; in a fitted Hammer Galleries wooden case
21⁄8 in. (5.5 cm.) high

Provenance

Souvenirs, Objets d'Art, Bijoux du Tsar Alexandre II; Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 5 June 1931, lot 43, illustrated p.12.
With Hammer Galleries, New York.