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Chelsea
(England 1744–1769)
- Title
- Scent bottle in the form of a pug
- Year
- circa 1754-circa 1755
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- soft-paste porcelain
- Dimensions
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6.2 x 4.3 x 2.8 cm
- Credit
- On loan from Kenneth Reed
- Accession number
- L2012.96
- Location
- 18th c European porcelain
- Further information
Miniature items of this kind, sometimes known as ‘toys’, may represent a response by Chelsea to the success of similar pieces produced at the rival factory set up by Charles Gouyn c1748.
- Bibliography (1)
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Richard Beresford (England; Australia) (Author), Eighteenth - Century European Porcelain in the Kenneth Reed collection, Sydney, 2012, 55 (colour illus.). cat.no. 62
