A FRENCH GLASS AND VARI-COLOR GOLD SCENT-BOTTLE AND VINAIGRETTE
PROPERTY FORMERLY IN THE COLLECTION OF DR. ANTON C.R. DREESMANN
A FRENCH GLASS AND VARI-COLOR GOLD SCENT-BOTTLE AND VINAIGRETTE

SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY BY GEORGES USELDINGER, PARIS

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A FRENCH GLASS AND VARI-COLOR GOLD SCENT-BOTTLE AND VINAIGRETTE
SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY BY GEORGES USELDINGER, PARIS
Rectangular flask with faceted glass body divided into two compartments, the lower part mounted in gold forming a vinaigrette, the interior of the engine turned lid with dots and fitted with a hinged foliate pierced grill, the hinged stopper engine-turned with dots on a horizontally reeded ground and bordered with green-gold laurel leaves and stylized acanthus, screw-shaped pushpiece, marked with partly legible maker's mark, later struck with a Parisian post-1838 restricted warranty mark for gold
3 ¼ in. (84 mm.) high
Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 26 March 1973, lot 119
The Dr. Anton C.R. Dreesmann Collection, Christie’s, London, 11 April 2002, lot 845

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