PERFUME SET, ENGLISH WORK, CIRCA 1770 Made of bloodstone (heliotrope), with a gold setting decorated with chinoiserie motifs; bears a label inscribed ‘COLLECTION/ of Baron/ HENRI DE ROTHSCHILD’ H.: 13 cm (5 in.) Provenance: Formerly in the collection of Baron Henri de Rothschild (1872–1947); Subsequently passed down through the family to the present owners. Comparative bibliography: Treasures of Catherine the Great, Exhibition Catalogue, The Hermitage Museum, 25 November 2000–23 September 2001, pp. 18 and 120, cat. 125. An English gold-mounted and jasper perfume set, circa 1770 A comparable English perfume set is held in the collections of the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg (inv. no. E.1811).