Object Number: G561

Collection: Applied Art

Object Name: scent bottle

Description: Opaque-white glass withg gilded decoration; gold cap. Flattened elliptical shape with panel-cut side edges and narrow flat sides; short screw-threaded neck with stopper. Gilded decoration: on side one, pagoda between trees, birds above, boulders below; on side two, an urn with husk swags within an elliptical husk surround. On sides, lozenge pattern and within each panel an oval dot within double oval lines; semi flower head on each shoulder; gilt detailing on stopper. Domed cylindrical cap; engraved flower head on top, band of stylised husks between two scalloped lines.

On Display at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Glass Gallery