A Victorian silver Aesthetic style scent or perfume flask, of cylindrical form, the exterior decorated in the Japonesque taste, featuring a crane, owl, butterflies, and sprays of flowering blossom, the hinged cover initialled in script, 'MEC', opening to reveal a gilt interior with fitted glass stopper, Sampson Mordan & Co., London 1897, height 5.2cm, weight (sans stopper) 46g/1.47ozt approx gross
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A Victorian silver Aesthetic style scent or perfume flask, of cylindrical form, the exterior decorated in the Japonesque taste, featuring a crane, owl, butterflies, and sprays of flowering blossom, the hinged cover initialled in script, 'MEC', opening to reveal a gilt interior with fitted glass stopper, Sampson Mordan & Co., London 1897, height 5.2cm, weight (sans stopper) 46g/1.47ozt approx gross
Auction: Silver and Objects of Vertu, 22nd Mar, 2024
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