Baccarat Perfume Bottles

Baccarat Perfume Bottles

Baccarat Perfume Bottles have been produced by the Cristalleries de Baccarat company since the 19th century.  (The company was established in France in 1764 and has been producing 30% lead crystal since 1816.) Until the early 1900s their bottles were plain, but beginning in 1911 the company began to make more decorative bottles, inspired by [...]

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English Hobnail Depression Glass Perfume Bottle

English Hobnail Depression Glass Perfume Bottle

On of the few Depression Glass patterns to have a Perfume Bottle is the English Hobnail Pattern. English Hobnail was made by the Westmoreland Glass Company from the 1920s through the 1980s. It was made in Pink, Cobalt Blue, Turquoise Blue, Green, Red, Black, White, Crystal (clear) and Amber. The Crystal and Amber colors were [...]

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Vintage Avon Perfume Bottles

Vintage Avon Perfume Bottles

Avon began in 1886 as the California Perfume Company and has been selling perfume ever since.  Avon has dominated the lower priced perfume market for decades.  Since so much Avon perfume has been sold and so many people have had Avon perfume, there is a fairly strong interest in Avon Perfume Bottles.  Since Avon perfume [...]

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Vintage Chanel No 5 Perfume Bottles

Vintage Chanel No 5 Perfume Bottles

Ernest Beaux created Chanel No. 5 for Coco Chanel in 1921.   It was an instant success and today remains the best selling perfume in the world (a bottle is sold every 30 seconds).  The perfume contained synthetics, which was a dramatic change from the floral fragrances of the day.  It has a floral top note [...]

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Vintage Lalique Perfume Bottles

Vintage Lalique Perfume Bottles

Lalique Perfume Bottles are among the most popular and most valuable perfume bottles.  Lalique is a French company that has been making perfume bottles since 1905, when Rene Lalique began making perfume bottles for Coty.  Since 1905 Lalique has produced thousands of bottles for over 60 perfume makers.   The Art Deco bottles from the early [...]

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Vintage Ingrid Perfume Bottle

Vintage Ingrid Perfume Bottle

This vintage Ingrid Perfume Bottle was the highest priced perfume bottle sold on eBay over the last 90 days.  It received 19 bids and sold for $4,625.99.  The carved red rose bottle, which was signed Ingrid and Czechoslovakia, measures 5 3/4″ tall. Ingrid was a line of perfume bottles made by Heinrich Hoffman (1875-1939) and [...]

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The History of Antique Perfume Bottles

The History of Antique Perfume Bottles

This is an interesting article about the History of Antique Perfume Bottles.  Perfumes and perfume bottles have been a part of life for a very long time! The Secret To Successful Vintage Perfume Bottles Collecting Author: Serene Jones Ask around and you will know that most women have a huge collection of perfumes and fragrances. [...]

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Vintage Perfume Bottles

Vintage Perfume Bottles

There are two different types of vintage perfume bottles that people collect -  the bottles that originally contained and were sold with perfume and the decorative glass perfume bottles that were sold empty.  As a glass collector my main interest has always been the beautiful decorative glass bottles, I am also fascinated by the vintage [...]

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