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ANTIQUE #SA1152469

Forget-me-not Gourd-form Porcelain Scent Bottle, Meissen Or Dresden, C.1850

£600    $819    €691
A highly decorative porcelain scent bottle in the shape of a gourd, finely modelled with applied forget-me-not flowers and hand-painted insects. The glaze shows soft craquelure typical of Meissen and Dresden production around 1850. Visual analysis using AI-supported tools indicates with high confidence (90%) an attribution to Meissen. A secondary possibility (10%) exists for a Dresden workshop such as Carl Thieme (Potschappel), Richard Klemm, or Donath. The base bears a hand-painted mark “SPF”, applied over a visibly erased original factory mark - most likely Meissen. This was a known 19th-century practice when items changed hands through dealers or were prepared for resale abroad. This scent bottle is highly collectib...
Antique ID: SA1152469
Item: Forget-me-not Gourd-form Porcelain Scent Bottle, Meissen Or Dresden, C.1850 - (reference SA1152469)
Buying direct from seller: Gillers Antiques Ltd
£600



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