Perfume burner in the form of a dove-cote

Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory

1759–65 · Soft-paste porcelain · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

A model produced in both the red and gold anchor periods at Chelsea but apparently in very limited numbers. The chamber for burning perfumed pastilles was in the dovecote, closed by a conical roof.

Artist

Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory

Date

1759–65

Medium

Soft-paste porcelain

Culture

British, Chelsea

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1971