Topic: perfume bottle

[lambden]

Hello I have been trying to find out something about this perfume atomiser with no luck. It has a pewter top which is  marked with Paris and Agnel,  the glass is painted with gold enamel in a floral design.
Thank you

[Ohio]

Well if you google it you come up with Agnel being a 20th century small rather obscure Paris France perfumer who produced some of the following: 1910 Mon Deux Pays,  1913 Dolly,  1920 Fete de Nuit & finally 1923 Myrianthis.

[Paul S.]

Here's another atomiser which I assume to be of similar construction, although the metalwork is decorated in relief in a sort of pseudo armorial style, and obviously with a clear cut glass body.
I do collect atomisers if they're interesting, and this one is novel in the method of keeping the plunger out of the way when not in use  -  when fully depressed, as in the op's picture, a slight anti-clockwise pressure allows the plunger to rise  -  and a reverse process retracts it.
With plunger extended it's about 150 mm (5.75") tall.

But the point to make was to say simply that the only mark is an upright oval cartouche inside which there is an image of the unit, with plunger extended plus, to it's right, an upper case M.
This mark looks to have been punched unevenly, leaving a blank within the cartouche for another letter possibly - so maybe these letters would indicate the name of the manufacturer??

Just wondered if, in view of the similarity of manufacture, these two pieces might be related, but I'm not up on these things so wondered if the mark rings bells with anyone.            thanks for looking 

[lambden]

Hello yes it does indeed look the same. I have  just noticed another mark on the inside rim of the lid. I think it is k.F res with a cross not unlike the cross of Lorraine inside a diamond shape. I don't know if that is of any help to you. When the top is removed I can still smell a lovely violet scent. I never knew about the plunger as mine does not seem to work. This belongs to my son in law and it may well end up on ebay as he has no interest in it at all.

[Ohio]

This is in either case not unusual at all with French & English colognes & perfumes with metal involved, either atomizers, pefumes or colognes. The exterior mark is the perfumer whom ordered the containers from the outside source while the interior markings on the metal are from the container manufacturer.