A rare Chelsea scent bottle

A rare Chelsea flattened bottle shaped scent bottle, with gilt metal mount and cover, painted in coloured enamels to each side with a spray of flowers and leaves, the scroll moulded foot picked out in gilt, and painted to the underside with a flower, 3 1/2" high, circa 1755

See G E Bryant, The Chelsea Porcelain Toys, plate 2, figures 4 and 6, for a pair of scent bottles of this form, painted with flowers and landscapes 

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