Multi-estimate results greeted the Joyce Paretti collection of perfume bottles sold by John Nicholson’s (24% buyer’s premium) of Fernhurst in two instalments before and after the new year. A significant number of the lots were those featured in Edouard Launert’s 1999 book Perfume and Pomanders: Scent and Scent Bottles through the Ages.
Together, across sales on December 14 and January 25, more than 80 lots made from silver, glass, enamel, porcelain and rock crystal were sold for a total of £47,000.