
A pair of Ludwigsburg gilt-metal mounted figural scent bottles of a hunter and a huntress, circa 1770 Modelled by Johann Heinrich Schmidt, as a hunter and a huntress, each wearing a green cap and holding a rifle, she with a bird in her right hand, the bases painted with flower sprays and encircled with matching mounts, the stoppers attached by a fine chain, 7.9cm high (the huntress with restuck section at the back of the neck) (2) Footnotes: Please note that this lot appears incorrectly as lot 95 in the printed and pdf catalogue. Both modelled by Schmidt between 1766 and 1770; see H.D. Flach, Ludwigsburger Porzellan, 1997, p. 558, no. 446 (the huntress) and p. 531, no. 208 (the hunter). Another pair was illustrated by Kate Foster, Scent Bottles, 1996, p. 85, plate 76. Another example of the huntress sold in these rooms, 6 July 2021, lot 69. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing






























