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Title: little perfume bottle. italian?
Post by: bidda on August 26, 2007, 04:16:48 PM: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Moderator: Out of date pic links removed.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.
Title: Re: little perfume bottle. italian?
Post by: Lustrousstone on August 26, 2007, 04:24:28 PM: 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
Title: Re: little perfume bottle. italian?
Post by: bidda on August 27, 2007, 12:44:48 PM: 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
Title: Re: little perfume bottle. italian?
Post by: Lustrousstone on August 27, 2007, 01:32:04 PM: 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
Title: Re: little perfume bottle. italian?
Post by: bidda on September 01, 2007, 11:33:26 PM: 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

Quote from: Lustrousstone on August 27, 2007, 01:32:04 PM
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
Title: Re: little perfume bottle. italian?
Post by: bidda on November 01, 2007, 05:10:57 PM: another batch of pics went awol. here they are again for future reference.

bidda