PERFUME BOTTLE FROM 12-PC BLUE ENAMEL DRESSER SET

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

PERFUME BOTTLE FROM 12-PC BLUE ENAMEL DRESSER SET

Entry/Object ID

98.43.1.1

Description

PERFUME BOTTLE FROM 12-PC BLUE ENAMEL DRESSER SET Color: Blue, silver A perfume bottle a) with stopper b), part of a 12-piece blue enamel dresser set, ca. 1920s. The bell-shaped cut-glass bottle has a mouth of 2" diameter with a 1" opening. At the neck are indentations in the glass as part of the design, which also features a flower, with frosted glass petals, and leaf design in a band around the center; a row of circular indentations along the bottom outside section and a 16-petaled flower on the underside. The top part of the stopper is of blue enamel with a radial-line design emanating from a center point and a sterling silver rim. The top is connected to a sterling silver neck, which is attached to a pointed section of glass. No maker's mark or other identifying features are on the object, though other pieces of the set have "F & B" engraved on them. Other than some scratches on the bottom of the glass container and some tarnishing on the underside of the stopper top, the artifact is in good condition.

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Search Terms

Three-dimensional, Perfume bottles, Beauty, Personal, Perfume paraphernalia

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Object Name

Perfume Bottles