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Post by Minnesota Daniel on Apr 14, 2013 23:01:55 GMT -5
I think it's milk glass. My mom collected a few pieces. I don't know where the stopper is for this one. I found another weird shaped one in the basement that still has the Fenton label on the inside of it.
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Post by helens on Apr 15, 2013 17:47:13 GMT -5
It is milk glass, and Fenton was well known for it. It's a BIG bottle for a perfume bottle... but you can use it for a vase or a curette... actually... I have a thought... why not grind a stopper for it out of a white rock:P?
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Post by gr on Apr 15, 2013 18:40:11 GMT -5
Good idea Helen!
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Post by Minnesota Daniel on Apr 15, 2013 22:31:31 GMT -5
It is much more appropriately sized and shaped to be a cordial decanter than a perfume bottle. After a little searching though I found it described in one place as being Avon, and another as still smelling of perfume. I wonder if it was made for Avon and sold by them filled with their perfume. That might explain why a decanter came to be called a perfume bottle.
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Post by helens on Apr 16, 2013 1:07:00 GMT -5
Hrm... interesting question... I have a pretty good sized old Avon perfume bottle collection too (um... I have some of EVERY kind of perfume bottle), and there are a lot of Avon milk glass bottles). I could be wrong, but I don't think this was an Avon bottle... it's not in my Avon bottle book (which has all Avon perfume bottles by year).
It is a fairly common bottle tho, I've seen quite a few of them. And with HUGE perfume bottles, they tend to be Fatice (display only), or super rare (because the cost of perfume to fill them up would be outrageous). As these aren't super rare, maybe they weren't perfume bottles but a toilet water or cologne. I have a 1890 Jergens bottle that's the same size, and it's still got the original Jergens label that says "White Rose", so I assume it's a water (a form of cologne), like violet water or Hungary water. Avon was never known for giant perfume bottles, most of them are 1 or 2 oz in size... hrm. I've never seen a giant Avon perfume bottle now that I think of it. Guerlain and Worth made lots of GIANT perfume bottles (8oz-16oz), I have some of those too.
It's not quite a decanter in size.... but it's pretty big. Not a vinegar/oil cruet, those usually have a funnel at the top. The bottle is so fun because it's an anomaly:).
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Post by Minnesota Daniel on Apr 16, 2013 13:24:30 GMT -5
I think I've seen this exact same shape by Fenton, but in the colored/transparent type glass (cranberry?) with tiny cordial glasses. Maybe it was just a similar shape, or a different size. The size is hard to judge in so many photos.
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Post by Fossilman on Apr 16, 2013 14:25:02 GMT -5
That glass would make some great arrowheads and points...AWESOME!
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