Antique Cut Crystal Perfume Bottle with Sterling Silver Guilloché Enamel Stopper Vintage

Antique Cut Crystal Perfume Bottle with Sterling Silver Guilloché Enamel Stopper VintageAdditional Description: A beautiful antique cut crystal perfume or cologne bottle featuring delicately engraved floral decoration and elegant sterling silver guilloch enamel mounted stoppers. Each bottle is formed from clear cut crystal with a gracefully tapered body raised on a circular foot. The crystal is decorated with finely engraved floral sprays and foliage, executed in a light, flowing style typical of late Victorian and Edwardian decorative

created during the period when obstetrics increasingly shifted from traditional midwifery into formalized surgical and academic practice

and pierced galleries were especially favored during the Victorian and Second Empire periods

Porcupine quill-inlaid objects were produced in parts of India and Sri Lanka during the colonial period for both local elite use and export to the European market

The warm patinated surface and casting quality indicate a late 19th to early 20th century production

Branching coral forms became especially popular in European and American decorating during the 19th and 20th centuries

member of the French Societe des Amis du Livre - Friends of the Book Society)

Strap shows age/wear and should be handled gently (or replaced for active use)

The reverse retains faint pencil inscriptions

Polished Turbo sheel (mother of pearl layer) - nache

Materials: Cast Brass or Bronze

prized for its workability and luminous surface

25"h x 11"w