The Sweet Scent of Deco Decadence
The theme for "Looking Close on Friday" on the 24th of February is "perfume bottles". Unlike the previous week’s theme of "construction toys", this week’s was easy for me, because amongst the vast number of things I collect, I have many different perfume bottles to choose from.
The one I have chosen is not only a very striking example of Art Deco, but it also happens to be one of my favourites from my large collection. Only ten centimetres in height from tip to bottom, this is a Josef Schmidt crystal perfume bottle, made in Czechoslovakia around 1930. Epitomising the clean and stylish lines of Art Deco, it has a clear prismbeveled stopper and a spider on web attributed to Turriet and Bardach etched into it. The web has been picked out in thin strips of black enamel. I can just picture this on some flapper’s highly polished dressing table, filled with some exotic French perfume surrounded by silver brushes and mirrors. Can’t you?
I do hope you like my choice of this week’s theme and that it makes you smile.
The Sweet Scent of Deco Decadence
The theme for "Looking Close on Friday" on the 24th of February is "perfume bottles". Unlike the previous week’s theme of "construction toys", this week’s was easy for me, because amongst the vast number of things I collect, I have many different perfume bottles to choose from.
The one I have chosen is not only a very striking example of Art Deco, but it also happens to be one of my favourites from my large collection. Only ten centimetres in height from tip to bottom, this is a Josef Schmidt crystal perfume bottle, made in Czechoslovakia around 1930. Epitomising the clean and stylish lines of Art Deco, it has a clear prismbeveled stopper and a spider on web attributed to Turriet and Bardach etched into it. The web has been picked out in thin strips of black enamel. I can just picture this on some flapper’s highly polished dressing table, filled with some exotic French perfume surrounded by silver brushes and mirrors. Can’t you?
I do hope you like my choice of this week’s theme and that it makes you smile.