Scent bottle
(late 19th century)
Medium
onyx, silver, copper
Measurements
5.6 cm (height) 2.8 cm (width)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Miss Helen Calcutt, 1972
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
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Outfit
BODY MAP, London (fashion house); Stevie STEWART (designer); David HOLAH (designer)
The first cloud
William Quiller ORCHARDSON
Mary, Lady Vere
William LARKIN
Calvary
FLANDERS; Jan BRUEGHEL I (studio of)
Lucrezia Borgia, Duchess of Ferrara
Dosso DOSSI; Battista DOSSI (attributed to)
Head of Queen Nefertiti, from sculpture flanking Boundary Stela Q
EGYPT, el-Amarna
Dress
JEAN PAUL GAULTIER, Paris (fashion house); Jean Paul GAULTIER (designer)
PANEL
(TURKEY)
Shoe covers
COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo (fashion house); Rei KAWAKUBO (designer)
Moses bringing down the Tables of the Law
John Rogers HERBERT
Gasometers at Clichy
Paul SIGNAC
Skirt
ALEXANDER MCQUEEN, London (fashion house); Alexander McQUEEN (designer)
Winter, from The four seasons
FULDA PORCELAIN FACTORY, Fulda (manufacturer)
Hero and Leander
Nicolas RÉGNIER
October
Jules BASTIEN-LEPAGE
Clouds
John CONSTABLE
The Crossing of the Red Sea
Nicolas POUSSIN
Dress
ULYANA SERGEENKO, Russia (fashion house); Ulyana SERGEENKO (designer)
(Mother and child)
E. Phillips FOX
Chair
Carlo BUGATTI
Dunstanburgh Castle, north-east coast of Northumberland, sunrise after a squally night
J. M. W. TURNER
Self-portrait
Joseph WRIGHT of Derby
Johann Friedrich Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, plaque
VOLKSTEDT PORCELAIN FACTORY, Volkstedt (manufacturer)
The Banquet of Cleopatra
Giambattista TIEPOLO
Two old men disputing
REMBRANDT Harmensz. van Rijn
Bonnet
FRANCE
Dress
STEPHEN SPROUSE, New York (fashion house); Stephen SPROUSE (designer)
The Virgin and Child
FLANDERS
Lace
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Day dress
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