PERFUME FLASK
Creator(s): Wedgwood (Manufacturer)
Currently in storage
About this object
The perfume flask is oval in shape with a gilt metal cap and chain. Around the edge is a garland of flowers and leaves on a pink ground. On one side a woman is depicted kneeling before an altar. On the other is a scene from a classical subject with four women. Two stand to the left with one woman supporting the other. To the right is a seated woman with another woman behind her. Both sides have swags of leaves at the top and near the bottom, an acroteria motif and acanthus leaves.
- Object name:
- PERFUME FLASK
- Made from:
- Jasperware -- metal
- Made in:
- Etruria, England
- Date made:
- Late 18th c.
- Size:
- 8.9 cm (3 1/2 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 26.24
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973