1909 Birmingham Silver Perfume Bottle with Rococo Scrolls
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- Embossed / Repousse - Embossing, also known as repousse, is the technique of decorating metal with raised designs, by pressing or beating out the design from the reverse side of the object.It is the opposite of chasing, where the decoration is applied from the front. An embossed or repoussed object may have chasing applied to finish off the design.
- Navette - Navette, the French word for (weaver's) shuttle, means shuttle shaped, and is used to describe shapes in jewellery, ceramics and silver.
This item has been included into following indexes:
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perfume / scent bottles, material
- other 651
- silver mounted or topped 338
- perfume / scent bottles, period - Edwardian 117
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