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A CONTINENTAL GOLD AND WEDGWOOD-MOUNTED
JADE SCENT BOTTLE
1750-1870
The fattened, faceted white jade bottle is mounted with 18K
gold foliate banding along the edge and on the two sides where
they suspend and frame a white-on-blue Wedgwood plaque, one
depicting a lion attacking a bull and one depicting a child suckling
a wolf.

2¡ in. (6.1 cm.) high, original Wedgwood, gold and pearl stopper
$3,000-4,000

PROVENANCE

Robert Kleiner, Belfont Company Ltd., Hong Kong, 2009.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4882.

This unusual bottle was most likely fashioned as a scent bottle
in the 18th or 19th century. The small Wedgwood plaques were
made in a variety of colors at the factory in England, and were used
as embellishments on a variety of jewelry and objets de vertu in
both England and the Continent. The elegant and sophisticated
combination, of a jade bottle, with a Wedgwood plaque within
Continental gold mounts, is extremely rare.

For related small Wedgwood plaques dating from 1776-1790, see
R. Reilly, Wedgwood, London, 1989, p. 528, pl. c131, and p.540.
白玉嵌英國Wedgewood瓷板香水瓶
白玉瓶：1750-1870年

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