Here we have a beautiful Edwardian Cut Glass Scent Bottle with a Sterling Silver Lid and Collar. The glass bottle is deep cut into diamond and triangle shapes and has a star cut base. The silver lid is in the Nouveau style with flowers and crosshatching and is gilded on the inside.

The scent bottle was made in Birmingham by J. Collyer & Co Ltd and dates to 1904. John Collyer founded his firm in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter in 1900 and also registered a mark in Chester. The company were primarily electroplaters but also produced Sterling Silver mounted glassware. They had a showroom in London’s Hatton Garden and were major suppliers to the hotel and restaurant trade as well as individual customers. They ceased trading in the late 1920s.

Condition is very good, with just one tiny nibble on one of the high points on the cut glass body and a very shallow bruise at the back of the silver lid plus the superficial wear that you would anticipate after over 120 years of good service. Please make sure to view all the photographs as these form part of the description.

The scent bottle stands 10.2cm / 4ins high and is 8cm / 3.1ins in diameter. It weighs in at 398.9g / 14oz.

The hallmarks, on the collar, are nice and clear to read. They show the lion passant for Sterling Silver, the anchor assay mark for Birmingham, the date letter e for 1904 and the J.C & Co Ld makers' mark for J. Collyer & Co Ltd.