The perfume bottle is an early work by Grayson Perry, dating from 1985, only a few years after he began working with clay. Grayson started out as a ceramist before expanding into other applied media.
The outside of the bottle features poppy designs and the phrase “Reminiscence/ Perfume of the Mistresses” in French.
The bottle is accompanied by four stoppers, including one shaped like the Arum Lily berry, a winged skull (a nod to Harley Davidson and bike culture), and the heads of Queen Elizabeth I and a Chinese Empress.