A RARE PAIR OF SILVER-GILT AND ENAMEL SCENT BOTTLES

A RARE PAIR OF SILVER-GILT AND ENAMEL SCENT BOTTLES
SOLVYCHEGODSK, LATE 17TH CENTURY
Each hexagonal, the sides enamelled with stylised flowers centring cartouches, one bottle with cartouches depicting birds, the other with flowers and two portraits, with detachable tops, apparently unmarked
3 ¼ in. (8.3 cm.) high

Provenance
Blanche Vere Ponsonby (née Guest), Countess of Bessborough (1847-1919) (label under base).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 16 October 1986, lot 104.
Rostropovich - Vishnevskaya: The Private Collection; Sotheby's, London, 28 November 2018, lot 3.