A Very Fine & Unusual 19thC Glass & White Metal Mounted Spherical Scent Bottle & Stand sub-Curios The finely carved and well-proportioned

The finely carved and well-proportioned figure

the Fitzwilliam and Victoria and Albert Museums

the white now a beautiful ivory tone and the red and blue both softened

E M Ashford is recorded having a work sold on behalf of Sothebys London in 1985 for £1800

A Very Fine & Unusual 19thC Glass & White Metal Mounted Spherical Scent Bottle & Stand sub-Curios The finely carved and well-proportionedOrigin: English Period: Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1880 Stand Height: 4. 5 inches Bottle Body Diameter: 1. 8 inches The domed and hinged cover intricately worked in high relief with doves amongst scrolls, gilded internally with faceted internal stopper, the glass partitioned in three segments terminating to a floral motif, the whole having three chains to a ring for suspension, now suspended from a later associated silver