Topic: Mdina perfume bottle??

[BRADBURY7308]

Gut feeling this has gotta be mdina although it isnt marked its 4" tall nice weighty little thing and very preety the base area and around the rim has a fair amount of bubbles and the base almost appears cased? im wondering what sort of date of manufacture also,..thanks :vkg:

[glassobsessed]

It might be, can't say I have seen that blue and white spiral from Mdina though. How is the base finished? Much wear?

Have you had a look at Mdina's website to see if this is a colourway they use?

John

[BRADBURY7308]

Hi John Its polished flat plenty of wear also thanks i thought it looked like the early mdina colours will dig a bit more cheers :smg:

[chopin-liszt]

This could be a difficult one!

It looks like early-ish colours, the spiral design was more often executed in Earthtones, originated by Michael Harris and continued development at IoWSG as Tortioseshell.

A spiral of blue over yellow may indicate an early "experimental" origin for this bit......

BUT, while it appears to have a "button rim", when it comes to this shape of perfume bottle, it is a later and very common shape - the button rim is merely a designated feature of the bottle - it is NOT indicative of an early button rim at all.

So, it has some features which may indicate Harris-early, it also has features which strongly indicate post-Harris general production.
 :thud:

[glassobsessed]

It's also possible that it is Chinese, I think I have seen similar in TK Maxx but not in those colours.

John

[chopin-liszt]

It is something you need to get your sticky mitts on to be sure-er isn't it?

I went to TKMaxx at the weekend, to have a look at what's coming out of the far east. I was very surprised by how good some of it was, and at the newer features being used - lots of Batutto cut, lots of things with what is either crude glitter or maybe even be mica in them (I didn't have my close-up, peering glasses with me).

Some of it was really well executed and delicate, BUT the big giveaway was at the end of a few minutes handling it, my hands felt that horrible gritty greasy way and they absolutely stank of acetic acid. Not a nice vinegary smell, but a BDH Winchester of pure chemical smell. eeeee-yeuwk! 

Maybe leave this bottle alone for a while - don't wash it, see if it gets greasy and smelly. That would rule out or in a Chinese attribution.

[Lustrousstone]

It wouldn't rule out a Chinese attribution, but it might rule it in.. My Chinese paperweights are all very well behaved.

[chopin-liszt]

 :pb: Good point, Your Editorialshipness. :thud: 

Are your pws older though, Christine? sort of '30s rather than brand new?

[BRADBURY7308]

Hi Folks i must apologise, The piece above is marked to the base mdina i failed to add this to the description when posting it because i felt that if i knew where something was made it shouldnt be listed in on this site, Sadly ive looked and cant find similar so was dying to find out a bit more about it hope i havent caused to many headaches i just thought someone might just reply and say its 1980s onwards or something heres the bottom picture sorry if ive offended anybody dan

[chopin-liszt]

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I didn't really go with the Chinese idea - now we know for sure! Don't fret about asking questions about things that are already marked - there are always still a lot more questions about a it!

That's an earlyish sort of script, though it appears over a good number of years - puts it somewhere from early '70s to mid eighties.... ish