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Inwald perfume bottle, but who might have designed it?

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BJB:
On one of my trips out in the summer I found this little perfume bottle, I liked the way the brass thing dipensed the perfume in a very clever way without having to use a puffer.

However it wasn't until I washed it today that I noticed that it was etched Inwald on the base.

http://i14.tinypic.com/34hxmyp.jpg

Would anyone know who may have designed it, and is it usual for the pieces to be signed?

Although I know it is pressed the edges are very sharp and clean, a lovely heavy piece of glass for its size.

Any help please,
Barbara

Cathy B:
Glen or Marcus can provide a better answer to this, I'm sure.

I can't help you with the designer at Inwald. You probably know this, but Joseph Inwald was a Czech manufacturer who made high quality cut crystal, carnival and pressed glass. I think they were active in the 1930s, but have no idea when they started or finished up. The cut crystal is often signed.

Could your piece perhaps have a cut pattern on a pressed base?

Sklounion:
Without checking, Inwald was 1860's to 1958.
Signed???? often but not always. Designers varied from factory to factory, and there were at least five units. Leave it with me, if I can find a designer, will post further reply later.
Regards,
Le Casson

BJB:
Hi Cathy and Marcus,

It is a lovely piece, and may be cut on a pressed base.

In the brass top is a logo which looks like ENOIS and Rg6-9433.

This may help find out when it was made and whom might have designed it.

Barbara

Leni:
Please can someone explain what 'cut on a pressed base' means, and when and by whom this technique was employed?  

I have a dressing table jar with a silver lid which, when I bought it, I believed to be cut, but which on closer investigation seemed to have a structure which would imply it was pressed.  I was confused by this, as it had never ocurred to me that there was a polibility that it might be both!  :shock:

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