perfume bottle

Object NameGuerlain Perfume Bottle with Stopper

Designer René Lalique (French, 1860-1945)

Maker Lalique et Cie (France)

Made FromGlass

Datedesigned in 1925

Place MadeFrance, possibly Combs-la-Ville; France, possibly Wingen-sur-Moder

TechniqueMold-blown, mold-pressed, acid-etched

SizeOverall H: 9.8 cm, W: 6 cm, D: 6 cm

Accession Number91.3.76

Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Edward Lewison

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Not On View

Physical DescriptionGuerlain Perfume Bottle with Stopper, "Guerlain - 1, Bouquet de faunes (Fauns' bouquet)". Colorless glass; mold-blown bottle, mold-pressed stopper, acid-etched. Footed bottle in form of classical urn, matte finish; pressed colorless button stopper with raised decoration of two concentric bands of small dots enclosing four florets drilled through, stopper tapers to egg and dart pattern edge, deeply inset short solid ground shank (stopper is frozen so cannot see number inscription); bottle has short, lipped columnar neck with fluting ground flat and beveled; inflated shoulder meets four high relief masks of alternating nymphs and satyrs linked by a narrow floral band; below head of one nymph raised block letters (very faint) "GUERLAIN PARIS"; body tapers slightly, rounded base is decorated with narrow fretted band over raised petals that radiate from short solid stepped stem; solid foot with two shallow steps enclosing rounded band of strapped foliage, polished foot rim; base ground and polished flat, inscribed seventeen (smaller indecipherable mark); no pontil.
Provenance

Source Dr. Edward Lewison

Source Betty Lewison