A FRENCH GOLD-MOUNTED GLASS SCENT FLASK, JEAN DUCROLLAY, PARIS, 1757 | A French gold-mounted glass scent flask, Jean Ducrollay, Paris, 1757

cut clear glass body of flattened shaped oval form, the faceted gold mount alternately engraved with cross hatching and stylised foliage, pierced chained floral stopper with two different blooms, maker’s mark, charge and discharge mark for Eloi Brichard, Paris date letter R for 1757

Overall very good condition
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For a gold scent flask by Jean Ducrollay with a similar floral stopper, which was part of a four-colour gold and rosewood chatelaine, Paris, 1760, see Sotheby’s Geneva, 6 May 1981, lot 65.