Perfume burner (one of a pair)

Perfume burner (one of a pair) by Matthew Boulton|James Fothergill

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

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