Perfume Bottles

28OTHER EUROPEAN BOTTLESleaving a pattern of leaves and flowers.These bottles were often sold as part ofdresser sets including several sizes ofperfume and cologne bottles, powder jarsand pin trays.8” crystal bottle in red acid cut back to clearin a pattern of leaves and branches, facet cutstopper, attributed to VSL, c1920s-30s $150The Danish porcelain firm of RoyalCopenhagen is officially the Danish RoyalPorcelain Factory, established in 1775 andbest known around the world for its FloraDanica dinnerware.Sweden:Orrefors has been a glassmaking firmsince 1898. It developed a process for casedglass with controlled bubbles called Ariel.Their most popular perfumes, still inproduction, are boule shaped with tall sticklikeground glass stoppers and engravedfigures. Most are signed “Orrefors” or “Of,”with or without the date or the designer'sname.Kosta Boda: The Boda Glassworks wasfounded in 1864 and the Kosta Glassworkswas founded in 1742. The two merged toform Kosta Boda in 1970.Italy:The terms Venetian and Murano aresynonymous for glassware manufacturedsince the Middle Ages on the island ofMurano near Venice. The island of Muranohas been a great glassmaking center eversince. During the 16th and 17th centuries,the Venetians developed many newtechniques for decorating glass, includinglatticino (spiral threads) and millefioricanes, and their gold and silver foiltechniques are still in use today, sometimescausing confusion when trying to date aparticular piece. Early pieces often hadfinely blown figural swans or dragons aspart of the design, usually on the stem of apiece. However these animals did not lendthemselves to perfume bottles. Several newglass techniques were developed in the 20thcentury such as sommerso, that uses abrightly colored bottle, sometimes with asecond color overlay, and then cased in anextremely heavy layer of clear glass. Someof the great modern firms of Murano signtheir products. Among them are Barovierand Toso, Venini, Cenedese and Barbini.4.75” Murano clear perfume bottle withunusual encased fish, ca. 1950s, $275-300