Kate Greenaway was a prolific illustrator of children’s’ books, born in Hoxton in 1846, the daughter of an daughter of a draughtsman and engraver, John Greenaway. She popularised a style of drawing that is instantly recognisable as hers - delicate watercolours of children with animals and birds in the English countryside. Kate Greenaway died of cancer in 1901.
Between 1882 – 1884 Greenaway pictures appeared on Mordan scent bottles almost always with children in the foreground and a house or church in the background.
The scent bottles are generally silver with a gilt interior, just over 20 mm diameter and 50 mm tall they are hallmarked on the base and on the inside of the lid.
