Description: This ruby flash perfume bottle is 8.75" high. Silver plated mounts at the base and surrounding neck with petals and leaves. The stopper is teardrop glass with a silver plated finial.


History: In Victorian days scent bottles were often made of pressed glass, with silver or silver-plate rims and cut glass or imitation cut glass stoppers. Generally, the customer purchased the bottle empty and had it filled by a chemist or perfumier, as ready filled bottles of perfume were not yet on the market. The variety of shapes was enormous. The larger scent bottles were made in the shape of flagons or decanters. In the 1870s a new design appeared, the double ended bottle. This was a slim cylindrical bottle with a round or polygonal surface. Some were produced in clear glass, some coloured dark blue, red, green, or yellow, and some were decorated in the Nailsea style. At each end were silver or plated caps, which were heavily chased or moulded. One half of the bottle was for scent and usually had a screw cap, while the other end was hinged, often spring loaded for fast access, and was for smelling salts.

Provenance: FL Estate


Dimensions: Weight (Pounds & Ounces) = 0.5 | Height(in) = 12 | Width(in) = 6 | Depth(in) = 6

Size of Artwork(in): 8.75 x 2 x 3"


Artist Name: Likely French


Medium: Glass, silver.


Circa: Circa 1940

Good condition. No damage. Tarnish on all silver areas