Austro-Hungarian Silver Perfume Bottle Chatelaine from Fredric Sinfield Collection
Late 19th century Austro-Hungarian silver perfume bottle chatelaine, marked 800 to clasp, H2 to bottle rim, the cut glass bottle of compressed spherical form, with pierced silver sound and mount, the clasp decorated in relief with knight, shield and acanthus, length 4.92 in.,. Provenance: collection of the late Fredric Sinfield, Sydney NSW, 1938 - 2008
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- Acanthus - A stylized leaf motif, one of the primary decorative elements of classical Greek and Roman architecture, derived from the genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae, native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Mediterranean area. It is a common element in classical Greek and Roman design, and is often seen in Corinthian and Composite order columns and used as a decorative element in English, European and Australian furniture, particularly on the curve of a leg, and as decoration for a corbel.
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