Pair of French ormolu mounted cut glass scent bottles, circa...

Hammer

£320

Pair of French ormolu mounted cut glass scent bottles, circa 1900-10, square section with tear shaped stoppers, embellished with cameo miniature portraits of ladies, flanked with pink guilloche enamelled cameos, all bordered with ormolu mounts, height 20cm

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Each stopper has a minute chip to the point at the top. One bottle has a tiny chip on the outer edge of the neck visible through a 10x loupe and can be felt with a fingernail. The other has the odd minute chip to the inside of the neck, again visible through a 10x loupe.
On one of the bottles one of the enamelled panels has been restored at the edge, another one of the panels has a bruise. The miniature is in good condition. No further faults found.
On the other bottle the miniature has a small scratch visible through a 10x loupe.
The enamelled cameos - one appears to have been restored and has a matt finish and is slightly bent in its positioning. On the opposite side the other enamelled cameo is also slightly bent out of vertical and has some dark adhesive at the edge. The miniature is also not vertical and is slightly bent. No further damage detected.