Antiques, Curios, Collectables. Tin toys, Musical instruments, Ephemera, Bronze
Lot 90:
Description
A group of decorative miniature vanity items featuring porcelain, glass, and metal components. The collection includes a heart-shaped porcelain trinket box marked to the interior lid LIMOGES FRANCE. This box is decorated with a hand-painted floral spray and gilt scrolling, featuring a bow-form metal clasp. It contains an internal glass perfume vial with a knurled brass screw cap. Also present is an inside-painted glass snuff bottle of flattened ovoid form, depicting a traditional landscape scene with a figure in a boat, fitted with a purple stone cabochon stopper. The lot further comprises a light blue baluster-form porcelain perfume bottle with hand-painted floral decoration and a tiered brass cap; a white porcelain perfume bottle of flattened octagonal form decorated with a blue sailboat scene in the Dutch style and a brass cap; and a heart-shaped frosted glass perfume bottle with a brass cap. Completing the collection is a spherical blue ceramic scent diffuser or pounce pot with a perforated top, mounted on a fluted gilt-metal base.
Snuff bottle height approximately 6.5 cm.
Trinket box width approximately 5 cm.
Condition report:
The items appear to be in good overall condition. The porcelain components show no visible chips, cracks, or restorations. Metal mounts and caps exhibit minor age-related patination and surface wear, particularly to the brass fittings. The hinge and clasp of the Limoges box are in functional condition. The inside painting of the snuff bottle remains clear and well-preserved.
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