https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/13532/fullTwo Boys and a Basket of Flowers ca.1760Chelsea Porcelain ManufactoryOverall: 8.2 cm (3 1/4 in.)
Outside Diameter: 4.8 cm (1 7/8 in.)Glassy (frit) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamels; gilt-metal mountsGift of George and Helen GardinerOrigin: Chelsea, London, EnglandG83.1.965.1-.21A Chelsea scent bottle modelled with two boys beside a basket of mixed flowers. One is seated on a rockwork holding a pear in his hand, and wearing a yellow flowered coat and turquoise breeches. The other is holding a brightly feathered bird in a blue tricorn hat, pink coat and yellow breeches. Between them is a parrot perched on a branch modelled in relief with flowers. The hollow base is gilt with a flower spray, a turquoise dentil border, and with a fruit stopper and gilt mounts.Chelsea18th Century European PorcelainScent BottlesEnglish Porcelain[]European CeramicsEnglish Porcelain183407952EnglishNone