"GREEN MAN" Celtic Revival Three-Bottle Perfume Chest
"GREEN MAN" Celtic Revival Miniature Three-Bottle Perfume Chest
VICTORIAN 3-BOTTLE PERFUME CASE
Circa : 1870- 1880's
Miniature luggage-form, leather on wood,
fine gilt bronze carrying handle & strap-work ornaments centering three patinated copper figural plaques, each different. The top plaque centers face of the Green Man, metamorphosing with foliage, another with celtic dragons midst foliage, the third of scrolling oak leaves
Original working key.
Bottles : 3; original glass, blown in mold, with hand-faceted original stoppers
Length of chest 6-1/2" x 3" x 4-1/2" tall
Provenance : Portobello Road, London purchase by collectors in or about the early 1960’s
# wk 16101 .....................................……..................SOLD
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