Perfume Bottles

EUROPEAN BOTTLES 239” Harrach amber cologne with enameledflowers and applied salamander with lily-formstopper with applied glass rigaree and ladybugs, ca. 1890 $750-1,000In 1835, Joseph Riedel pioneered greenor yellow uranium glass (annagrun), whichwas copied by many others firms, includingthe Boston and Sandwich Glass Company inthis country. It was named for his wife“Anna.”In the period from about 1928 until1939, Czechoslovakia produced literallythousands of perfume bottle designs. Mostwere of cut full lead crystal, often beveled atthe edges. The stoppers were usually thefocal point of the more elaborate designsfeaturing deeply etched figures or flowers.Different area manufacturers offered a widevariety of colors, often different colors forthe base and its companion stopper. Spatterglass bottles were also made. Czechglassmakers also made bottles forcommercial perfume companies, such asElizabeth Arden. Another uniquelyCzechoslovakian style is known as“Tango.” It consists of very brightly coloredpieces—yellow, orange or lime green, forexample—decorated with simple blackdetails in the Art Deco style.7.2” Lapis lazuli glass atomizer molded witha nude in high-relief, unsigned Czechoslovakian,ca. 1930s $7506.7” Clear crystal bottle and stopper in theshape of a scimitar, dauber, Czechoslovakialabel, c1920s-30s $200-3007.3” Pink cut crystal bottle with clear andfrosted nude stopper, signed Czechoslovakia,c1930s $750-900