Perfume Bottle and Patch Box Shaped as a Cupid Holding Doves

Chelsea Porcelain Manuafctoryc.1755

Gardiner Museum
Toronto, Canada

A Chelsea cupid scent-bottle and stopper with detachable head holding two doves and a bow with a quiver of arrows on his back. He is seated on a circular mound base and painted with flowers. The base is mounted in gold and set with a stone.

Details

Title: Perfume Bottle and Patch Box Shaped as a Cupid Holding Doves
Creator: Chelsea Porcelain Manuafctory
Date Created: c.1755
Physical Dimensions: Overall: 7.5 x 3.7 cm (2 15/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
Medium: Glassy (frit) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamels, gilding; gold, stone-set mounts

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