Topic: powder box

[Ivo]

Has anyone come across powder boxes like these? Milk glass satinated and decorated with vague spray decor jn geometric forms, or uncertain squiggles, or kitchy pictures. They date from the 1920s. In one of them I found a piece of paper with the note "Coty?" - but unable to find any confirmation of this. They may be German or they may be French - but so far never seen a hint of who made these. It may also have been packaging for talcum powder, of course...

[angel2]

 :angel: :angel:
 
Hi Ivo! All I can tell you is that Coty is a beauty products manufacturer (they say the biggest in the world). These pots look a little like face cream pots but of course, could hold anything.   

angel2

[Ivo]

I should have added diameter ranges 4-6" (10-15 cm), so they're definitely for compact powder with a *puff* on top.

[Glen]

Ivo, I did a lot of research on the maker of an unusual vase marked Coty, some years back. Marcus was very helpful during my research.  We discovered that Coty made glass at La Chapelle-Saint-Mesmin, near Orleans in France. You can read about it on my old website (note this is my OLD geoities website that we cannot alter, change, add to etc. We just keep the payments up on it so that people can use it as archived information, but it is frozen in time). There are several linked pages to my article that include info on Coty, but this will take you to the first, main page.

http://www.geocities.com/carni_glass_uk_2000/Fircone.html

[meegs]

Hello Ivo,

Has anyone come across powder boxes like these? Milk glass satinated and decorated with vague spray decor jn geometric forms, or uncertain squiggles, or kitchy pictures. They date from the 1920s. In one of them I found a piece of paper with the note "Coty?" - but unable to find any confirmation of this. They may be German or they may be French - but so far never seen a hint of who made these. It may also have been packaging for talcum powder, of course...

here is a link to to my powder bowl - my first post! It matches your description.
I would now (as I've gained a little knowledge) describe it as mould blown.

I would not have guessed it was so old! It looks like Andy was in the money for age and origin - well done.  :hiclp:
Thanks Glen for the link
Cheers
Meegs

[meegs]

whhoooopps,
Here is the link!

http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,31596.msg170972.html#msg170972

Hope it works!
Cheers
meegs

[Ivo]

Hey thanks Meegs - your naughty lady is definitely first cousin to my butterfly. Your lady (garters, saucy, pipe, oolala) definitely pin her down to the early years of the 20th century - think Marlene Dietrich in the Blue Angel. I was beginning to despair I was the only one to own one...

[dirk.]

Some time ago the Pressglas-Korrespondenz had a catalogue with sprayed on decorated glassware,
e.g. those egg-shaped lidded boxes. I can´t remember which else articles nor am I sure about the
glassworks... Reich perhaps? Unfortunately I don´t have them at hand at the moment... Do you get
the PK, Ivo?

[Ivo]

Do you get the PK, Ivo?

I do but I must have missed this one - they are a bit large aren't they. I'll check the last dozen issues asap - thanks for the tip.

[Ivo]

Ivo, I did a lot of research on the maker of an unusual vase marked Coty, some years back. Marcus was very helpful during my research.  We discovered that Coty made glass at La Chapelle-Saint-Mesmin, near Orleans in France. You can read about it on my old website (note this is my OLD geoities website that we cannot alter, change, add to etc. We just keep the payments up on it so that people can use it as archived information, but it is frozen in time). There are several linked pages to my article that include info on Coty, but this will take you to the first, main page.

http://www.geocities.com/carni_glass_uk_2000/Fircone.html

Thanks Glen, finally got around to reading this fascinating story. I had already researched the perfume angle as I have a Lalique bottle, and of course the history of Saint Gobain who now only make flat glass. For the powder boxes it is less elevant - they are thin, blown, satinated and decorated so it is more likely they originate from a decoration oriented company like Leune or Wirths in Belgium.