A white opaque glass scent bottle c.1780-90, probably Beilby, Newcastle-upon-Tyne,...
A white opaque glass scent bottle c.1780-90, probably Beilby, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, of flattened pear shape, painted in black enamel with the name 'B * Walton', with a blue and puce foliate surround, the reverse with a colourful flower sprays, broken and restuck, 7.2cm. Cf: a similar scent bottle dated 1780 and with the initials A*B was sold by Christie's, The Parkington Collection Part I, 16th October 1997, lot 113. Another, dated 1785, is in the Corning Museum of Glass, accession no. 86.2.23.
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A white opaque glass scent bottle c.1780-90, probably Beilby, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, of flattened pear shape, painted in black enamel with the name 'B * Walton', with a blue and puce foliate surround, the reverse with a colourful flower sprays, broken and restuck, 7.2cm. Cf: a similar scent bottle dated 1780 and with the initials A*B was sold by Christie's, The Parkington Collection Part I, 16th October 1997, lot 113. Another, dated 1785, is in the Corning Museum of Glass, accession no. 86.2.23.