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perfume-flask
1688/1688
British Museum
London, United Kingdom
Perfume flask; highly decorated column of boxwood; upper part in form of royal crown, with seated female figure surrounded by three cupids; body divided into three by figures of Faith, Hope and Charity; coat of arms and four crests in pairs between them triangular base, unscrews, represents emblems of the Evangelists; arms include: cross pattée, Imperial Eagle, Austria, demi-unicorn and pair of horns; inscribed.
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Details
- Title: perfume-flask
- Date Created: 1688/1688
- Physical Dimensions: Height: 7.60cm; Width: 3.70cm (max); Width: 2.80cm (max base); Weight: 29.00g
- External Link: British Museum collection online
- Technique: carved
- Subject: bird; mammal; heraldry; myth/legend; angel; unicorn; cherub/cupid; crown; cross; virtues and vices
- Registration number: WB.265
- Production place: Made in Germany
- Material: boxwood
- Copyright: Photo: © Trustees of the British Museum
- Acquisition: Bequeathed by Rothschild, Ferdinand Anselm. Previous owner/ex-collection Rothschild, Anselm von
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