It was not pending the 1900s that perfume, then typically called 'scent', was sold in prompt crammed bottles. Previously scent was bought in manifest bottles, functional not decorative, and most ladies (also men) owned an array of typically exquisitely elaborate and intricately made bottles, sometimes made uniquely for them, regularly hand formd, occasionally monogrammed or carved and generating high prices nowadays on eBay and away.
On eBay, just, a circular - sphere formd - milk glass scent bottle magnetizeed 38 bids and $1386.38 dying price, and a Lalique scent bottle fetched $950. These are low prices compared to others selling just on eBay or at offline sale houses. judge, for occasion, a 1910 Wiener Werkstatte cut glass circular design (there's that word 'circular' again and key to a very popular form) that sold at Sotheby's for 1,000, and an egg formd bottle/thermos made from silver and hallmarked 1882 that sold by the same company for 550.
effects to Know About Scent Bottles
* This is a great question for speculating and risking a few squashs on something that might quadruple your investment or fetch greatly more. So many different collecting themes gather in the whole scent bottle experience that even the cheapest and lookingly most normal perfume bottles bought for a squash or two at tick sells, clutter sales and gumboot sales, can magnetize numerous bidders and high dying prices on eBay. The trap is to focus on bottles with two or more collecting happiness, such as maker and textile, for occasion, a Lalique glass bottle with silver bung, or a bottle made by Bacarrat and bejeweled with gold folio. Another good example is where unusual and subsequent use unite, as where a bottle once property perfume can be worn as a paperweight nowadays. Two collecting happiness in one entry all but guarantees numerous bidders and happy dying prices.
* At tick sells and gumboot sales look out for box and tray lots of lookingly low cherish entrys, such as bottles of half-worn scent from the 1950s and previous. Some with unspoiled labels detailing maker and perfume name, are popular with advertising enthusiasts, and like a 1930s bottle of Saturday Night Lotion featured in Millers' Collectables Price lead can be merit up to 35 each, some greatly more. A good example is a 1930 bottle of Guerlain perfume 'Guerlilas' in Baccarat bottle that fetched 521.10 (about 280.00) on eBay, and a vintage bottle of Lotus Bleu Perfume by Moehr of Monte Carlo that fetched 78.00.
* A name can grounds fierce order, for maker of bottle or perfume, better still both in one example. The big names to look for in bottle makers are Lalique (luxurious glass creations regularly white or opalescent); Baccarat, specialising in condition gemstone entrys, not just bottles; Galle, renowned for stunning art nouveau designs that fetch high prices on eBay. Other popular perfume makers embrace Christian Dior, Guerlain, Estee Lauder, Avon. Avon formd some of the world's most beautiful containers and many bottle collectors obtain exclusively Avon creations which can fetch upwards of 100 each. They're not that hard to find at tick sells, or at gumboot sales where I selected up a 1969 Blue Blazer body powder shaker in the form of Andy Capp which rate me 50p and is cherishd in Lyle's A fate in Your garret at 100.
* Andy Capp is just one of countless characters whose poise on a scent bottle can make an everyday complain merit hundreds, even thousands of squashs. Cartoon characters are especially popular, such as Bonzo Dog (my favourite) whose copy appeared on thousands of collectable entrys with scent bottles. Also look out for Felix the cat who just made $650 on a scent bottle, and don't overlook Disney characters, Betty Boop, Florence Upton Golliwogs.
* among most popular matters depicted on scent bottles are dogs and cats (cats look more regularly to sell and at elevated prices than dog depictions); hand painted flowers, place names on crested china bottles, almost something of oriental appeal.
* Some scent bottles, great or just the bung, were intended to be worn later as paperweights, thus feat another popular collecting question and potential order wars between bottle and paperweight collectors. There's nothing to prevent you describing your entry as a paperweight and even record under 'paperweights' in the Collectibles kind.
* designate all potential collecting happiness in the call for your bottle and contact the widest potential sell, such as a French 19th Century Opaline Egg Scent Bottle made by Baccarat that's just fetched $560.52 and doubtless appealed to collectors appealed in: maker = Baccarat, matter = egg, textile = opaline glass, age = 19th century.
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