Vanity Items: Perfume Bottles

Beautiful hand-hammered sterling silver and mixed metal perfume. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1880. Baluster with double-scroll side handles and threaded cover. Vertical stylized vegetation and darting insects (butterflies and dragonflies) applied to honeycomb ground. With chain for hanging on a lady’s chatelaine. A small-scale confluence of Japanese inspiration and Arts & Crafts technique. Hallmark includes pattern and order numbers, director’s letter M (1873-91), and phrase... Click for details

American brilliant-cut glass and 18K gold perfume vial. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1900. Tubular with square grid. Ornament comprises faceted X’s alternating with faceted rondels. Short neck with gold collar and threaded cover with interlaced script monogram. Glass stopper has flat u-form finial and short frosted plug. Hallmarked. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 7 x D 1 1/8 in. #BQ423

Victorian cameo glass perfume with sterling silver mount. Made by Arthur Wilmore Pennington in Birmingham in 1886. Yellow v-form vial with raised white stem flowers and butterfly. Sterling silver collar and hinged cover. Clear glass stopper. Hallmarked. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 4 3/4 x W 1 1/2 x D 1 1/8 in. #BN400

Art Nouveau emerald glass perfume with silver overlay. Bellied bowl and everted rim. Squashed ball stopper with short plug. Engraved overlay in form of scrolled and interlaced tendrils. Scrolled cartouche engraved with script monogram. Faint mark. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 5 x D 3 in. #BJ862

English cameo glass perfume with American sterling silver collar and cover. Globular with white blossoming branch on matte yellow ground. Threaded ball cover with applied Japonesque ornament: dragonfly, bamboo, and owl. Hallmarked Shiebler, a reputed New York maker. Fine condition.

Dimensions: H 4 1/4 x D 3 1/2 in. #BQ336

English cameo glass perfume with American sterling silver collar and cover. Yellow v-form vial with raised white vertical ornament: Sinuous stem with bluebell blossoms and leaves. On back is v-form leafing and branches. Cover threaded and engraved with same. Clear glass stopper with frosted plug. Hallmarked Theodore B. Starr of New York. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 7 x W 1 3/8 x D 1 1/8 in. #BQ335

Pair of Victorian perfumes. Made by Grinsell & Sons in London in 1892. Each clear glass globular bottle with alternating flutes and lobes and faceted shoulders. Sterling silver collar and hinged bun cover. Cover has central frame with interlaced script monogram bordered by raised volute scrolls (same motif engraved on collar). Cover bottom repeats flute-and-lobe motif. Clear glass stopper with short plug. Hallmarked. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 5 1/4 x D 3 1/2 in. #BB550

Victorian cameo glass and sterling silver lemon drop perfume. Made by Thomas Wilkinson & Sons in Birmingham in 1896. Glass vial with raised white flowers on soft yellow ground. Short sterling collar and cork-lined bun cover. Hallmarked. Fine condition.

Dimensions: H 3 3/8 x W 1 3/8 x D 1 1/8 in. BQ341

Good quality antique American perfume vial. Clear glass cylinder with 14k gold collar and hinged cover. Six small diamonds set in cover top. Glass stopper with frosted plug. Unmarked. Gold tests 14k. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 3 1/8 x D 7/8 in. #BN353

Pretty cameo glass and sterling silver perfume vial. Made by Gorham in Providence, ca 1900. Tapering dagger form with neck collar and threaded bun cover in sterling silver. Glass is blue with shaded white fronds and butterfly. Script monogram engraved on cover. Silver hallmarked. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 10 1/4 x W 1 7/8 x D 1 3/8 in. #BN399

Art Nouveau red glass perfume with silver overlay. Made by Gorham in Providence, ca 1900. Globular with short neck and everted rim. Ball stopper with short plug. Repeating overlay pattern with whiplash lines and scrolls as well as stylized leaves. Neck and rim in collar as is stopper base. Cartouche frame has engraved interlaced script monogram. A spare and controlled design that reveals plenty of rich red. Hallmark includes no. D943. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 6 5/8 x D 4 in.... Click for details

European silver and faceted ruby glass perfume, ca 1890. Ovoid with lozenge faceting. Silver collar with engine-turned wave ornament and hinged bun cover with worked flowers and applied cartouche (vacant). Glass is deep red. Unmarked. Good condition. Dimensions: H 3 7/8 x W 1 5/8 x D 1 1/8 in. #BO193