Martin Mayer, Mainz Germany Scent Perfume Bottle, ca 1900

19th century small porcelain scent perfume bottle Porcelain bottle with orange and blue painted decor The closure of the bottle is marked with the Dutch gold Hall mark "oak leaf...

19th century Dutch crystal and gold scent- or perfume bottle A Dutch golden perfume bottle with an octagonal cut crystal upper body tapering ro...

19th Century Dutch crystal and gold perfume bottle by H.A.M. van Tongeren, 1870s A 19th Century Dutch perfume bottle with golden hinged cap with stopper. The crystal perfume bottle ...

19th century small porcelain enameled scent perfume bottles Porcelain enameled bottles with floral decor The setting is not marked. The metal is silve...

Rare karafa liquor bottle, made in Czechoslovakia, in the 1970's. Made of glass. In original condition, cleaned, few signs of wear.

A very rare art deco perfume bottle "Chypre" by Maurice Daillet for Nesly. Possibly executed by the Depinoix glassworks. Signed with enamel. The same number engraved under stopper an...

French Art Deco large scallop-shaped clear glass perfume bottle with an inverted teardrop-shaped clear glass stopper with a beveled edge. ("RAPSODIE" by RAFFY)

Rookwood pottery was established based upon Arts and Crafts ideals positing the celebration and elevation of pottery as an art form. Both professional and amateur decorators and potters were instrumental in the success of what became an art industry and the nations first Internationally recognized art pottery. It is marked 1885, 61 and W. Rookwood's font, Form # 61 and the use of W to indicate white clay are well known to Rookwood collectors and have been identified in most publications concerning the pottery dating back to Peck's books. Sometimes we just can't figure out who decorated them. Many of the decorators were married society ladies and some used their spouse's initials or names on pots. I have been unable to identify what appears to be M AED in under-glaze initials. Nor does the pencil notation which appears M.E. Foster (or Foote) turn up in my review of the literature, including The Ladies God Bless 'em. The quality of the decoration is high and represents the interest in Japonisme and Aesthetic Movement art. The four cobalt lined vertical panels recall vertical Japanese woodblock prints and the gold tracery and rim is surprisingly present with only modest wear to the high points and minor bleed through of the under-glaze around the lip. (shown). It is important to note that unless or until the decorator is identified, it is impossible to assert that the decoration is by a Rookwood artist. Many amateur ladies and gentlemen, particularly members of the Cincinnati Pottery...