Perfume Case (Etui flaconnier)

c. 1780 Overall: 12.6 x 2.6 cm (4 15/16 x 1 in.) Source image
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Resting inside this case is a small octagonal crystal flask that would have held perfume. The painted miniatures are decorated with vernis martin, a popular varnish that imitated East Asian true lacquer. These scenes of rural merriment were often miniature reproductions of wel...

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