Scent bottle
B (1869)
Category
Glass
Date
1869
Materials
Glass, Gold, Parcel gilt, Silver
Measurements
128 mm (Height); 28 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
London
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Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
NT 546663
Summary
Cylindrical clear glass scent bottle with two separate compartments, bevelled facets, one end with parcel gilt cyma reverse profile screw cap engraved 'MURIEL', the other end with press-stud action hinged silver and gold cap, the collar with lion passant, London(?), date letter '0' for 1869 sovereigns head profile to left, maker's mark 'B' (partially obscured), inside 'B' and lion passant. Inscribed - Prob London 1869 £3.10 (on side)
Provenance
An item from the Pamela Ward Collection, left to the National Trust in Miss Ward's will in 1994.
Marks and inscriptions
Prob London 1869 £3.10 (on side)
Makers and roles
B (1869), maker