Topic: little perfume bottle. italian?

[bidda]

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Hi everyone

I just got this little ruby red perfume bottle and immediately got curious about it so I contacted the seller and asked where it came from. He told me that it was his grandmother's who emigrated to the US from England in 1915 or so, was an airline pilot and visited with mother theresa and eisenhower - quite a lady

I don't know how much, if any, of that is true but it seems to be a quality piece of glass. Heavy for it's size: nearly 8 oz and 3" tall (w/o the stopper). It has a rough pontil and three applied feet. Not very ornate but some nice touches, like the yellow dipper with a red tip to match the bottle.

I'll attach a couple of pictures. Any help in identifying it's maker or age is, as always, greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Bidda

Moderator: Out of date pic links removed. For images please see further down this topic.

[Lustrousstone]

More likely English or Czech with those "Victorian" feet. The stopper looks like uranium glass. Does it glow very bright green under a UV light? I would say perhaps 1900ish, looks like Victorian verging on art nouveau

[bidda]

Thank you Lustrousstone,

I tested the stopper under UV light but it didn't glow. Have you any ideas about possible manufacturers? I've viewed thousands of photos of perfume bottles over the weekend and have yet to find one that's even very similar. I'm flying blind here, so a nudge in any direction would be most helpful

Thanks again,

Bidda

[Lustrousstone]

One thought is Stevens and Williams; they used this colour combination for stemware in the 1920s, BUT the examples in my book (Dave Petersen Vaseline Glass: Canary to Contemporary) have uranium in the yellow. That is not to say they didn't use yellow without uranium. This is only an idea though

[bidda]

Christine,

thanks so much for the direction i've been looking and looking for anything with applied feet in the same shape as those of my perfume and finally found a stevens and williams bowl whose feet matched. still much research required if i'm ever to identify it's maker but thanks to your useful info i'm off to a good start, i think.

thanks,

bidda

One thought is Stevens and Williams; they used this colour combination for stemware in the 1920s, BUT the examples in my book (Dave Petersen Vaseline Glass: Canary to Contemporary) have uranium in the yellow. That is not to say they didn't use yellow without uranium. This is only an idea though

[bidda]

another batch of pics went awol. here they are again for future reference.

bidda