Topic: Etched Perfume Flacon, unknown maker

[Paul S.]

looks fairly standard Bohemian - yellow stained (silver chloride) - and I'd agree the engraving doesn't appear anything special.     Is it possible the style of building might be a clue as to its origins?     Didn't they used to be keen on stags (not Triumph's though)      The hammer price says it all, and it might be a tourist piece from last year.

[chopin-liszt]

I thought the pagoda was a bit odd Paul - but it might have been a folly... :wsh:

[Paul S.]

I still think it's tacky, but in attempt to stem this flow of flippancy :usd:.............Egermann gave us, apparently, not only the red stain but this yellow as well - and looking at the Truitt's book (pages 50 and 51 covering the output of Goldberg) there are black and white illustrations of shed loads of this type of engraving on stained pieces.     There are baying stags, abstract looking floral motifs and one or two buildings similar to this one, although still think this piece is modern.      Did look through Ruth A. Forsythe's book, but she appeared not to have collected any engraved/stained pieces.
P. S.    summer houses for the wealthy Bohemians perhaps.

[msiscoe]

We're not going to allow anyone to stem the flow of flippancy  :girlcheer:

[Paul S.]

my all too quick bit about tacky was the sort of 'subjective' comment that gets me into trouble - so easy to forget for a moment that not everyone shares the same taste or point of view.      I'm sure there are people out there who adore this perfume container, utterly - well at least one person did.        Of course, if it was modern then it would be more correct to describe it as Lustrousstone has done i.e. Czech, and not Bohemian.     There, not a shred of flippancy.     Happy Christmas to everyone :fc: