Quaker Silver Company
The Quaker Silver Company had an elegant gold plated/silver-plated stemmed atomizer that has its embossed areas picked out in black enamel. This bottle can be found with it’s design patent number of 75919 on the base which corresponds to the date of 1928 and was filed by James W. Jennings, the assignor to the Quaker Silver Company. This item was originally designed for a salt & pepper shaker and similar article as noted on the design patent drawing. The bottle can also be found with the markings “Juanita Atomizer” and “736 Reg.“. The atomizer hardware looks to be made by Pyramid. An example of this perfume atomizer is shown in the Monsen & Baer Perfume Bottle Auction Catalog of 2002.
Quaker Silver Perfume Atomizers from a 1930 Union Hardware & Metal Company catalog.
Quaker Silver Perfume Atomizers from a 1930 Union Hardware & Metal Company catalog.
No. 736 stood 7" tall, was 24kt gold plated and retailed for $9.20 each.
No. 734 stood 5.5" tall, was 24kt gold plated and retailed for $7.25 each.
No. 743 stood 5 3/4" tall, was 24kt gold plated and retailed for $7.00 each.
No. 753-1 stood 5 1/4" tall, was enameled and silver plated, retailed for $7.25 each.
No. 753-6 stood 5" tall, was enameled and silver or gold plated, retailed for $7.25 each. Marked on the bottom "patent appld for", "atomizer" and "Quaker", the bottom is not plated. The bottle measures 5.75" tall.
No. 739-2 stood 5 1/2" tall, was enameled and silver plated, retailed for $7.25 each.
From the "Juanita" line. No. 707 stood 7" tall, six sided, and featured a flower basket detail on the side, was 24kt gold plated and retailed for $9.20 each. The pattern was called the "Arcadia" when used on salt pepper shakers.
No. 304 stood 7 1/2" tall, had a gilded base and top, fitted atop a music box. Bottle was opaque blue glass, retailed for $10.10 each.
No. 303 stood 8 1/2" tall, had a gilded base and top, fitted atop a music box. Bottle was opaque blue glass, retailed for $11.50 each.
No. 302 stood 8 1/2" tall, had a gilded base and top, fitted atop a music box. Bottle was opaque blue glass, retailed for $12.90 each.
Other Quaker atomizers & dropper bottles not shown in the catalog page:
From the "Juanita" line is this Gold plated Quaker Silver Perfume Atomizer c1930. Stands 5 3/4" tall.
This dropper bottle was No 719. The bottle was silver plated metal, with alternating panels of hand hammered effect and engraved Art Deco floral and geometric designs. It stands about 5" tall x 1 3/4" wide at the base.
This gorgeous gold plated and richly enameled atomizer is the No. 728 from around 1930. Stands at 5" tall. The bottom of the bottle reads: "Quaker Silver Co 728 Reg Patent Applied For Atomizer."
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The three piece set below consists of an atomizer, a dropper and a footed vanity container. Each perfume measures 6.5" tall and a 2" base. Both bottles have an etched floral design on two sides. The dropper bottle has a round black enamel stopper with a long glass dauber. The atomizer bottle has a gold colored cord and bulb. The footed container measures 4" tall and the base is 2.5" wide. It is decorated with the same Art Deco floral design as the bottles. It is hinged and inside has a hinged flip top frame to hold a lipstick tube and has two rouge sections. The rest of the compartment held face powder. .James W. Jennings applied for the patent for this container in 1929 and it was licensed in 1931. It is hard to find a three piece set like this.
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