22nd Nov, 2017 10:00
European & Asian Works of Art
469
A GEORGE II GOLD AND ENAMEL DOUBLE SCENT FLASK
A GEORGE II GOLD AND ENAMEL DOUBLE SCENT FLASK, MID 18TH CENTURY bifurcated baluster form, chased with rocaille scrolls and scattered with raised enamel flowers, chained bird-form stoppers, the base with carnelian matrix carved with a bird on a sprig below the motto 'Fidelle' 5.6cm high Provenance (by family repute): Princess Elizabeth (1770-1840), the seventh child of George III, who married Prince Frederick VI of Hesse-Homburg in 1818. Dying without issue, some items from her estate went to her niece by marriage, Caroline of Hesse-Homburg (1819-1872), who married Prince Heinrich XX of Reuss zu Greiz. Thence by family descent.
Sold for £6,500
A GEORGE II GOLD AND ENAMEL DOUBLE SCENT FLASK, MID 18TH CENTURY bifurcated baluster form, chased with rocaille scrolls and scattered with raised enamel flowers, chained bird-form stoppers, the base with carnelian matrix carved with a bird on a sprig below the motto 'Fidelle' 5.6cm high Provenance (by family repute): Princess Elizabeth (1770-1840), the seventh child of George III, who married Prince Frederick VI of Hesse-Homburg in 1818. Dying without issue, some items from her estate went to her niece by marriage, Caroline of Hesse-Homburg (1819-1872), who married Prince Heinrich XX of Reuss zu Greiz. Thence by family descent.
Auction: European & Asian Works of Art, 22nd Nov, 2017
