Details
Shuttle-shape faceted glass bottle, the top and bottom overlaid with gold cagework of scrolls, flowers and foliage, the cover with taille d'épargne dark-blue enamel ground with white enamel bands and flowerheads; together with, a jewelled enamelled étui of flattened rectangular section, the cover and base with alternating blue and white enamel vertical bands, with seed-pearl borders and terminals set with semi-precious stones, the mid-section with a diamond-set inscription 'SOUVENIR'; together with, an enamelled gold étui of tapering oval section, the cover and base set with panels of fluted wave-pattern engine-turning within polished gold frames, the outer sablé borders set with slightly raised chased foliage with white enamel flowerheads and green enamel leaves, slightly domed cover with similar enamel foliage
434 in. (120mm.), 412 in. (115 mm.) and 412 in. (108 mm.) high respectively
Provenance
Ralph William M. Walker, Esq. (1856-1945), 22 Sloane Court, London, SW3. The Important Collection of R.W.M. Walker, Esq., deceased; Christie's, London, 17 July 1945, lot 107 (for the shuttle-shape scent bottle).
Albert Marber (1900-1960), then by descent.
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