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Wedgwood, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent (manufacturer)
Scent bottle (c. 1785)
stoneware
8.8 × 3.0 cm diameter
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Patricia Begg OAM Bequest, 2024
Photo: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
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Scent bottle
(c. 1785)
Medium
stoneware
Measurements
8.8 × 3.0 cm diameter
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Patricia Begg OAM Bequest, 2024
Gallery location
17th & 18th Century Decorative Arts & Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
The eighteenth century was a golden age for the European perfume industry. The heavy scents favoured in earlier periods to mask unpleasant odours were replaced by a wide range of delicate, especially floral, fragrances. Perfume containers became important fashion items and were produced in a rich array of materials and designs. This small scent bottle by the Wedgwood manufactory is decorated in applied relief with bands of Classical imagery; it features a silver hinged cap with a jasperware stopper inside. A scent bottle of this small size was designed to be carried in a lady’s pocket.