Antique or vintage perfume atomizer bottle, a classic vanity
item traditionally popular from the late 19th century through the mid-20th
century.
Key Characteristics & Design Details
- Body Style: It
features an elegant, slender, and elongated baluster shape with a wide
pedestaled base, common in early 20th-century glasswork designs.
- Surface
Decoration: The exterior features a textured gold finish often referred to
as a crackle, encrusted gold, which is beautifully hand-painted with
delicate pink roses, green stems, and colorful floral accents. Atomizer
Hardware: The top features high-arched gold-toned metal siphon hardware.
It utilizes an external compression mechanism attached to a fabric-covered
squeeze bulb (crochet-covered bulb), a signature trait of early
20th-century premium perfume dispensers.
Historical Context & Collectability
- During the Art
Nouveau and Art Deco eras (1910s–1930s), premium retailers and glass
makers produced beautiful standalone atomizers like this one. Rather than
keeping fragrances in their original commercial containers, users bought
high-end decorative bottles for their vanity tables and refilled them with
perfumes purchased separately.
- Well-known brands
from this era that produced or assembled similar high-end painted gold
glass and hardware designs include DeVilbiss (famous for their artistic
medical and cosmetic atomizers), Volupte, and various high-quality glass
studios from Czechoslovakian, West German, and Bohemian glass traditions.
Size: Shown against
ruler or in hand or both in one picture to help you judge size. Measures
approximately 7 inches high.
Condition: Vintage condition
as pictured. No chips or cracks. The bulb is hard. Please see all the pictures as they are part
of the description.
I will be happy to
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