Porcelain Scent Flask in the Form of a Harlequin

Description: A ST. JAMES'S (CHARLES GOUYN)-TYPE PORCELAIN HARLEQUIN SCENT BOTTLE AND STOPPER 19TH CENTURY his head forming the stopper, the masked figure standing beside a barrel, wearing a colorful checkered costume and holding a beaker of wine, the mound base painted with flower sprays, the gilt-metal mounts chased with scrollwork and the stopper attached with a chain.

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Notes: he Collections of Hanns and Elisabeth Weinberg and the Antique Company of New York, Sotheby's, New York, November 10-11, 2006, lot 10

Provenance: UK Circa: 1820