This perfume bottle is octogonal in shape with a mazarine blue base, hand-applied enamel, and gilt. The sides of the bottle are decorated with pink, green, and blue enamel in the shape of flowers and birds. The top is gilded with a potentially original brass lid.

Weight (lbs): 0.75
Height (In.): 5
Width (In.): 2.5
Depth (In.): 2.5
Size: 5.0 x 2.5 x 2.5"
Maker: Sevres (?)
Material: Porcelain
Date: C. 1820
Provenance: Della Penta Estate, Fl
Condition: Some loss to the gilt along the top as well as the lining above the base. Rubbing to the base and a hairline split at the lip. Lid questionably original.
History: The Sevres Manufacture was founded in 1738 as the Manufacture de Vincennes. It was a producer of hard-paste porcelain, one of the first in Europe, after 1780. The characteristic blue to their porcelain and the glaze comes from a cobalt oxide used in the production process.
Condition: Some loss to the gilt along the top as well as the lining above the base. Rubbing to the base and a hairline split at the lip. Lid questionably original. History: The Sevres Manufacture was founded in 1738 as the Manufacture de Vincennes. It was a producer of hard-paste porcelain, one of the first in Europe, after 1780. The characteristic blue to their porcelain and the glaze comes from a cobalt oxide used in the production process.