PERFUME FLASK
Creator(s): Unknown
On view in: Marjorie Post's Bedroom
About this object
The pear-shaped flask is made from a single piece of bloodstone. On the front and back is an openwork scroll design each with a seated cupidin the center. One holds a torch, the other a swag of roses. The base is made in gold and turned. There is a gold rim with turning at the top. The stopper is mde from bloodstone mounted in gold with an openwork design on the front and back, each with a dove.
- Object name:
- PERFUME FLASK
- Made from:
- Bloodstone -- gold
- Made in:
- England
- Date made:
- ca. 1760
- Size:
- 3 1/4 × 1 3/8 × 3/4 in. (8.3 × 3.5 × 1.9 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 11.148
- Class:
- GOLD
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973