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An expensive luxury product, it would have been owned by a fashionable and wealthy woman, and probably kept on a dressing table. Charles Gouyn, who made the porcelain parts, specialized in the manufacture of small personal accessories. He made these for the home market and for export to the Continent.<br><br><b>People</b><br>The casket belongs to the so-called 'Girl-in-a-Swing' group of early English porcelains (named after a figure included in the V&A's collections). Historians of English porcelain first identified these as a distinctive group in the 1920s, but their maker was not firmly identified until 1993. They were originally attributed to the Chelsea factory of Nicholas Sprimont (1716-1771). Collectors then suggested that they were probably made at a rival factory set up by Staffordshire workmen who had quit Sprimont's works. Recent research has proved that these figures and wares were made by Charles Gouyn (died 1785). Gouyn was a second-generation jeweller with premises in St James's, London, and he had been a partner in the Chelsea factory until sometime before March 1749. However, the precise location of his factory, and the identity of the modeller of these distinctive figures, remain unknown.","physicalDescription":"Glassy soft-paste porcelain casket, painted in enamel colours, with gold and glass fittings; glass scent bottles mounted in gold or gilt-metal, with gold or gilt-metal stoppers; gold or gilt-metal spoon","artistMakerPerson":[],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Chelsea Porcelain factory","id":"A9067"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"AAT251917"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"soft-paste porcelain casket, painted in enamel, gold and glass fittings; glass bottles mounted in gold or gilt-metal","categories":[],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"CER","id":"THES48594"},"images":["2006AM7717","2006BF0856","2006AM7719","2006AM7718"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"53A (VA)","id":"THES49763"},"free":"","case":"CA1","shelf":"","box":"42"},{"current":{"text":"53A (VA)","id":"THES49763"},"free":"","case":"CA1","shelf":"","box":"42"},{"current":{"text":"53A (VA)","id":"THES49763"},"free":"","case":"CA1","shelf":"","box":"42"},{"current":{"text":"53A (VA)","id":"THES49763"},"free":"","case":"CA1","shelf":"","box":"42"},{"current":{"text":"53A (VA)","id":"THES49763"},"free":"","case":"CA1","shelf":"","box":"42"},{"current":{"text":"53A (VA)","id":"THES49763"},"free":"","case":"CA1","shelf":"","box":"42"},{"current":{"text":"53A (VA)","id":"THES49763"},"free":"","case":"CA1","shelf":"","box":"42"},{"current":{"text":"53A (VA)","id":"THES49763"},"free":"","case":"CA1","shelf":"","box":"42"},{"current":{"text":"53A (VA)","id":"THES49763"},"free":"","case":"CA1","shelf":"","box":"42"},{"current":{"text":"53A (VA)","id":"THES49763"},"free":"","case":"CA1","shelf":"","box":"42"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Scent casket","id":""}],[{"text":"Scent bottle","id":""}],[{"text":"Stopper","id":""}],[{"text":"Scent bottle","id":""}],[{"text":"Stopper","id":""}],[{"text":"Scent bottle","id":""}],[{"text":"Stopper","id":""}],[{"text":"Scent bottle","id":""}],[{"text":"Stopper","id":""}],[{"text":"Spoon","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"London","id":"x28980"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1749-1759","earliest":"1744-01-01","latest":"1759-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"7.2","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"5.6","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Depth","value":"3.8","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Dimensions checked: Registered Description; 01/01/1998 by KN","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Made at the factory of Charles Gouyn (born in Dieppe, France, died in London, 1785) possibly in St James's, London","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Porcelain casket, painted in enamel colours, with 4 glass scent bottles and spoon. 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