Perfume burner (one of a pair)
Matthew Boulton|James Fothergill
probably ca. 1770
Medium
Derbyshire spar, tortoiseshell, and wood; Carrara marble base, gilded brass mounts, gilded copper liner
Dimensions
wt. confirmed: 13 × 5 5/8 × 5 5/8 in., 11.6 lb. (33 × 14.3 × 14.3 cm, 5.3 kg)
Classification
Metalwork-Gilt Bronze
Culture
British, Soho near Birmingham
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964
Accession Number
64.101.1634
Tags
Sphinx