by Tom Licence | Nov 10, 2018
Small green lavender water bottle.
by Tom Licence | Nov 10, 2018
Clear glass bottle with crown-shaped moulded stopper, embossed ‘The Crown Perfumery Company, London’, with traces of red label on each side, bearing details of the same.
by Tom Licence | Nov 10, 2018
Eau de Cologne bottle, from the firm of Johann Maria Farina, who founded a perfume works in the 18th century opposite Julich’s platz in Cologne. This bottle is for his No. 4. Clear glass.
by Tom Licence | Jun 17, 2018
American toilet water bottle, embossed ‘Agua de Florida/ Paris Londres/ New-York’. Remnants of label around the neck.
by Tom Licence | Jun 16, 2018
Green glass tapering bottle for lavender water, which was used as a toilet water/ perfume.
by Tom Licence | May 13, 2018
Tiny clear-glass bottle embossed to front with tessellated diamond design. Probably for scent. Found by Ben Ross.
by Tom Licence | Mar 31, 2015
Clear glass Parisian perfume bottle, which contained Cologne. Embossed ‘Rue de la Cloche/ No. 4777A, Cologne’. Two were discovered among the rubbish discarded after the death of Mary Everett in 1908 (including a number of perfume and medicine bottles)....
by Tom Licence | Mar 31, 2015
Clear glass perfume bottles with ground interiors to the necks for taking glass stoppers. Left, a round bottle, 9 cm high, tapering slightly outwards from base up to the shoulder, with T & S/ L embossed on the base. Right, oblong bottle, 10.5 cm high, with...
by Tom Licence | Jan 17, 2015
Ceramic disc, black transfer on white, bearing the name of the French perfumier Maison Dorin. This disc formed a hard base on which rouge and powder were compressed. Once the make-up had been used up, it was discarded. Made in Paris and shipped to England, it was sold...
by Tom Licence | Dec 28, 2014
Tall tapering perfume or unguent bottle.
