Antique Georgian ’Throwaway’ Laydown Blown Glass Enamel Gilded Perfume Bottle Circa 1800 - 1850 Split ring does open

Split ring does open

With a lovely finger spread of 1

This example is finely made

dulling or wear to Opal

Antique Georgian ’Throwaway’ Laydown Blown Glass Enamel Gilded Perfume Bottle Circa 1800 - 1850 Split ring does openCalling all our perfume bottle collectors! Do we have a rarity for you! During the late 18th century to the end of the 19th century, when perfume became more affordable to the less affluent, samples were sold and sometimes given away by chemists and perfumers in these glass perfume bottles. The vial inside the bottle is thin and contained very little perfume much like the tiny sample bottles we are given today at stores! These simple bottles garnered