Perfume Bottles

AMERICAN 20TH CENTURY GLASS 15Importers like Irving W. Rice (the IriceCompany) had to use domestic bottles. Manyof the designs of these pressed bottles bysuch companies as Imperial Glass, Duncanand Miller, Fenton and L.E. Smith wereattempts to reproduce cut glass effects usingpressed glass methods. American decorativeglassware of this period is often referred to asbathroom glassware.6.2” Pair clear pressed boule shape bottleswith oversized stoppers in the form of firebirds,bottles molded with ribs and facets,unsigned American, c.1940s $175American colognes and perfumes withRococo metal mounts were very popular inthe 1920s to 1950s. They were identifiableby beveled glass, and ornate filigree mountsmade of brass, bronze, gold plated basemetal or, occasionally, ormolu. Many hadfloral themes. Others had figural cherubs orbirds as part of the mounts. Many of thelargest examples had only a small innercontainer to hold the actual scent. Mostwere made in the United States by Apollo,Globe and others and are rarely marked.10.5” Glass bottle and stopper with rococometal mounts, long dauber, unsigned c1950s$70The 20th century Studio GlassMovementThis movement really got started in theUnited States in the late 1960s and gainedits greatest fame in the United States,although there are furnaces in mostindustrialized countries producinginteresting work. Some of the leadinginnovators working in these studios include:Harvey Littleton (b.1922) introducedVenetian glassmaking techniques to theToledo Museum of Art and the University ofWisconsin’s art department in the 1960s.Charles Lotton (b.1935) producesscent bottles in his popular “multi-floral”style with tall pointed stoppers and unusualluster colors. His sons work in his studioand each signs and dates his ownproduction.