A GROUP OF SEVEN FRENCH GOLD-MOUNTED GLASS SCENT BOTTLES | A group of seven French gold-mounted glass scent bottles

comprising: four flattened pear-shaped examples with gold mounts, three reeded, openwork finials, the faceted bodies respectively of green, cobalt blue and red glass, the fourth with clear glass body, engraved neck mount, chained lyre-form stopper, various Paris control marks, circa 1750-89, 9.5-11.5cm., 3 3/4-4 1/2 in. high; a gold-mounted plain clear glass flask of flattened pear form, engraved and pierced mounts, circa 1860, 9.3cm., 3 5/8. in. long; a gold-mounted double scent flask, clear faceted glass, the mounts of two-colour gold, engine-turned and applied leaves, complete with glass stoppers, maker's mark badly struck, circa 1870, 10.4cm., 4 1/4 in. long.; and a small gold-mounted flattened cylindrical flask, clear glass, the frosted mount with rose-diamond thumbpiece and collet surrounding a paste, maker's mark AH, a battleaxe between, for Antoine Hiest, circa 1900, 6cm., 2 3/5 in. long

The first with a crack at the foot, surrounded by a small blind part in the glass; the blue one missing the gold suspension loop from the collar, the red on with a few minute chips to the glass; fourth with visible surface wear to the inside of the bottle; fifth and sixth in good condition, the last three generally in good order
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