Perfume sprinkler
Category
Metalwork
Date
Unknown
Materials
Copper, Silver
Measurements
230 mm (Height); 60 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Iran
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1333835
Summary
Silvered Persian perfume sprinkler, tall neck and bulbous body on a conical base. Neck unscrews from body. The neck has four moulded sections; the body with stipple and engraved decoration of stylised floral design. Silvered metal on copper base and six holes for sprinkling at the top. CPW Item number 287.
Provenance
CPW Item 287 Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.