Thursday, April 8, 2021

Can You Spot The Atomizer? Part 2

 I have added color to the original sepia or black & white photos to make it more interesting.































Saturday, November 21, 2020

Antique 1920s Mignon Loetz Perfume Atomizer

Antique perfume atomizer by Mignon. Measures 8" tall and in in excellent condition. Blue cased in clear glass with a light frost, hand painted with black enamel in a very deco pattern.  There is a long glass siphon tube inside.  Signed on the collar "Made in France Mignon Atomizer". The glass is by Loetz.








Friday, November 13, 2020

Perfume Atomizer in 1928 Movie

Madge Bellamy seated at vanity during filming of 1928 movie, Mother Knows Best. You can see a lovely perfume atomizer sitting at the back, probably a Volupte. I have cropped original photo to highlight the perfume bottle





Not original colors


Thursday, April 23, 2020

Klida Atomizers c1927


Klida vaporizer (1927) Artist : Julius Ussy Engelhard
Klida Powder Puffs & Atomizers

Monday, April 13, 2020

E. Bonnard c1921

E. Bonnard produced atomizer hardware under the names: Femina, Universel, Prima, Secunda and Universelbis.


c1921









Perfume Atomizers Catalog Advertisement c1908

Advertisements of flip top scent bottles and perfume atomizers from a 1908 Crowden & Garrod publication.

Monday, January 6, 2020

Pocket Atomizer Le Frisson c1931

A pocket atomizer named "Le Frisson" was patented in 1930. It was given the patent number BF 688.483 to Societe du Vaporisateur Le Frisson. (inventor Marcel Cuel). 

Atomizer patent 1,737,299 was granted in 1929.



The latest I have found the company name was in a 1963 volume of Foreign Commerce Weekly - Volume 69, Issues 26-52:
"Finger-operated sprayers, small, adequate for perfume , cosmetic uses desired by manufacturer of similar products from US producer. Le Frisson , 38 rue d'Hauteville, Paris 10."

The patent is for the atomizer hardware, the name "Le Frisson" is sometimes found stamped on the collar, but I have seen these unmarked too. The hardware can be found with or without a bulb and could be had in either a nickel or gilded finish.

These atomizers are of either frosted or clear glass and are decorated with hand painted enamel embellishments. Often the signature "Frisson" is seen near the enameled decor with a long tail descending from the n, this often looks like it reads as "Fling", "Fring" or "Fing" as it is very stylized. The frosted moon shape flask I have not yet seen except in the advertisement below, which was from a trade magazine.



















Sunday, December 15, 2019

Imperial Metal Company Perfume Atomizers

"A subscriber brought into The Circular office an atomizer, the top of which was stamped as follows:

STERLING (image of a crown) 925-1000

Answer: The Imperial Metal Co,. manufacturers of metal goods, NE corner 19th and Hamilton Sts Philadelphia, Pa, use tops for atomizers stamped as above. These tops, however, are manufactured by J Muhr & Bro, same address. The crown mark is illustrated in "Trade Marks of the Jewelry and Kindred Trades", published by The Jewelers Circular Pub Co." 1898.

Friday, April 26, 2019

Cicada French Jeweled Celluloid Perfume Atomizer

This is a superb antique 1920s perfume atomizer made in the shape of a winged insect, possibly a cicada. Composed up of celluloid and possibly galalith and accented with glass jewels, this is an unusual piece of Art Deco.  Marked "Made In France" on the base. Stands about 3 1/2" tall x 3" wide. Manufacturer unknown. Photos from worthpoint.