French Charles X Gilt Brass Neogothic Mounted White Opaline Chatelaine Scent Bottle

Chatelaine scent bottle made of cylindrical white opaline glass.Encased at the top and base with intricate openwork gilded brass mounts in the Neo-Gothic "Cathedral" style, featuring pointed arches and foliage scrolls. The exposed middle section displays a small applied silver figure of a draped saintly character. Fitted with a hinged gilded cap heavily chased with rococo scrolls and crowned with an ornate finial.
France (Palais-Royal workshops), Restauration / Charles X period (circa 1820–1830).
H_12.5 cm D_2.5 cm.
Very good overall condition.

Pocket scent bottles with Troubadour and Neo-Gothic architectural metal casing were quintessential luxury accessories during the French Romantic era under Charles X. The delicate openwork metalwork paired with milky white opaline glass and a silver motif highlights the whimsical sophistication of early 19th-century Parisian craftsmanship