Vintage 1920s Gironde Gilded and Enameled Perfume Atomizer

Vintage Gironde Brass Perfume Atomizer. Original tags still attached.

Antique 1920s DeVez Cameo Glass Mignon Atomizer Perfume Bottle

It is a beautiful black cut to pink opalescent. The hand cut design depicts butterflies searching for nectar in flowers. The DeVez signature is also in the cameo. The atomizer is stamped with "Made In France" and "Mignon Atomizer". The atomizer collar and the base are solid brass with a nice patina look to it and the overall height is 7 5/8" tall. The atomizer spray head is not original to the base and collar.

Vintage 1920s Gironde Green Stem Perfume Atomizer

It stands about 7 inches tall and has a green glass stem , a blue body, and gilt decoration in a very Art Deco style.  It is an added plus that this has the original Gironde label.

Antique 1920s Mignon Perfume Atomizer with Silhouettes

Great French cut glass atomizer by Mignon.  Body of perfume is cut clear glass with three panels.   Each panel has a black silhouette of a woman.  Gold hardware has some wear.  Signed on the bottom.  Very good condition, minor wear as pictured, atomizer is soft.  6.75" tall bottle.

E & J Bass Jeweled Perfume Atomizer c1920s

A vintage 1920s Czechoslovakian glass perfume bottle made up of amethyst color glass with ormolu filigree overlay, set with pink, green, and blue faceted glass jewels, missing bulb, signed E.J.B. for E & J Bass on base. Stands 8 1/2" tall.

photo from Skinner's Auctions

Volupte Amber Glass Atomizer and Dauber Set c1920s

Set of three Art Deco Volupte Czechoslovakian amber glass perfume bottles, eight sided with tapered bottom, 3 1/2" high, one has atomizer (not working) and two have glass daubers, all three marked Volupte on brass tops and have paper labels on bottom that read Made in Czechoslovakia, early 20th C.

Photos by Stephenson's Auction

ARTYSE Figural Rose Porcelain Perfume Bottle with Brass Butterfly Atomizer

French Porcelain perfume bottle in the shape of a rose with cast brass butterfly atomizer, in fitted box. c. 1925. Marked "Artyse", a French manufacturer of atomizers, and "Made in France." Stands 4 1/4" tall.

La Depeche, 1926:

"Shown at the Foire de Lyon of 1926 - ​The Artyse Vaporizer, 16 rue d’Orleans, Neuilly-sur-Seine. A pleasant surprise was reserved for us at the Artyse stand which presented, among other new products, its latest creation. The "Artyse Vaporizer", a truly artistic and original design, represents a fully blossomed rose which is gleaned from a superb golden butterfly: a rose bud replaces the pear, always unsightly elsewhere. Please ask your perfumer to show it to you."

Photo from Rago Arts

Hoffman Czech Perfume Atomizer - Maiden Blowing Bubbles at Cherub

Hoffman Czech perfume atomizer with cherub and cupid frosted glass decoration. Stands 10" tall. Gilded brass hardware with intaglio topper.

Photo by Rago Arts

L'Inattendue by Silka Figural Perfume Atomizer c1925

1925 Georges Chevalier designed this perfume atomizer for Silka's L'Inattendue perfume, bottle made up of clear glass, decorated with black and gold enamel, gilt metal fittings. Perfume dispenses through mouth of the gilded metal figure. Very unusual. Stands 4 3/4 in. tall.                                                                                    

photo by Perfume Bottles Auction

Czech/Austrian Figural Owl Perfume Atomizer c1920s

Stunning 1920s Czech figural perfume atomizer, clear/frost amethyst crystal, gilt metal fittings, crystal and Bakelite jeweled base. Metal marked made in Austria. Stands 6 1/4 in. tall.

Photo from Perfume Bottles Auction

Marcel Franck Etched Czech Perfume Atomizer c1920s

Gorgeous Czech/Bohemian etched glass perfume atomizer with gilded Marcel Franck hardware.

Photo from ebay seller anightowl

Czech Gilded Perfume Atomizer c1920s

Gorgeous antique 1920s Czech perfume atomizer standing approx. 9 1/2 inches tall. Notice the gold encrusted stem and trim. It has an alternating pattern in the top windows; hand painted roses and a ruby red design in the other. The base is acid stamped Czechoslovakia.

Photo from ebay seller august*bride

Volupte Gilded Perfume Atomizer c1920s

Volupte perfume atomizer with 22kt gold trim over acid cut back decoration on stem and foot.  12 tiny light blue & white flowers are applied in relief over the lavender purple background. Original paper label as shown on bottom.  Stands 9 1/4 inches tall.

Photos by ebay seller marcolo

Austrian Jeweled Perfume Atomizers c1930

Austrian jeweled perfume atomizers of the same shape, 1920s-1930's, 6 3/4" tall x 5" diameter base. Gorgeous vibrant green faceted "bell" shaped bottle with art deco geometric vivid gold metallic band around bottom edge. The original hardware features glistening ormolu filigree with hand painted gloss black enameling and sparkling green round faceted stones topped off with a massive dome shaped jade colored stone. Replacement ball & cord.

This bottle resembles this bottle, also from the 1920's-1930s. As you can see it has green cut glass stones that are bezel set along the collar. There are also black rectangular stones made of glass. The bottle itself is made up of green glass in the same shape as the previous bottle,  and take notice of the gold trim at the base of the bottle. The top has beautiful filigree beneath the glass stone. The hose and ball are replacements.

This exquisite example is made up of pink crystal and has pink jewels on the ormolu collar and top of spray head.

 

 

Aristo Amber Glass Perfume Atomizer c1920s

Aristo transparent amber glass perfume atomizer with original gilded hardware. Notice the urn style top. This bottle stands 10" tall. Photo from ebay seller august*bride

ZaSu Pitts and Devilbiss Perfume Atomizers c1932

ZaSu Pitts stars alongside Slim Summerville and Fifi D'Orsay in the 1932 film They Just Had To Get Married. On ZaSu's vanity table we can see several perfume bottles including two DeVilbiss Imperial Series bottles, also on the vanity are some jeweled Czech or Austrian flacons as well.

In this closeup of the photobelow, you can see she has her hands on one of the DeVilbiss Imperial atomizers and the other one is towards the back of the vanity along the mirror. Just before this bottle is a jeweled Czech perfume flacon. To the right we see a very tall atomizer, it is probably fromCzechoslovakia but has the French style hardware. A jeweled glass powder jar in in front of ZaSu.

Volupte Atomizer and Perfume Bottles c1930

Volupte Atomizer and Perfume Bottles Set dating to 1930.

Clear glass perfume bottles with a fired on jade green enamel, further decorated with black stenciled designs. Atomizer features gilded brass hardware. The atomizer stands 7 1/2" tall.

One perfume bottle has a label that reads "Eau de Toilette" and "Rien Que Vous" as the name of the perfume. This bottle stands 4 1/2" tall. The other bottle has a paper label that reads 'Extract" and "Rien Que Vous" as the name of the perfume. This bottle stands 3 1/2" tall. Volupte was the manufacturer who sold the set. They were very popular in the 1920s and 1930s.

Here is the original 1930 advertisement on a catalog page from Plain.

photos from ebay seller nickybox

California Perfume Company Perfume Atomizer

I have seen this particular perfume atomizer several times in different colors over the years, it has no identifying marks whatsoever. However, I was lucky to come across an ebay listing for a 1932 Avon/California Perfume Company trade catalog, and lo and behold, the atomizer was pictured in it! Who made this for Avon?   

The bottle is shown on page 36, in the Bud Hastin’s, New 15th Edition, AVON Products & California Perfume Co. Collectors Encyclopedia, 1998. This atomizer is shown in the book as part of a 1933 gift set, for the fragrance, Vernafleur. The Art Deco styled nickel plated hardware, and a nickel plated siphon tube. Height of the atomizer is: 5.25" tall.

Gironde Wonder Girl Atomizer c1920s

A curious perfume atomizer was spied upon while browsing the ebay listings in 2012. It consists of a hand painted plaster or chalkware half doll figure, complete with wig, atop a glass atomizer base. made for the Gironde company, it was dubbed the "Wonder Girl Atomizer." Made in 1923, it was created by Maybelle A. Meyer, and awarded with the patent number 146204. 

The Wonder Girl was available with different hair colors. She was found with a wire metal frame which was covered with silk to imitate a skirt which would cover up the base of the bottle. The half doll was made in Germany. The doll sits 8" tall from top of wig to base of bottle. Bottom Label reads: "Guaranteed by the Wonder Girl Atomizer co. NEW YORK, N.Y.U.S. Pat. No. 1462.041"

 

The half doll is made up of plaster and conceals most of the atomizer hardware. When the bulb is squeezed, the fragrance comes out the belly button! How ingenious and risque for the time period.

Reading the patent specifications, the prototype half doll was made of celluloid and was meant to be clothed by ribbons or straps held up by the shoulders and the fabric would be gathered around the base to conceal the perfume bottle and look more like a doll standing atop the vanity. The plaster doll head has flaming red human hair and is probably French or German in origin.


This great piece was up for auction on ebay from the seller cclinne. All pictures are from her auctions.