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Perfume bottle

Perfume bottle
Object name 
Perfume bottle
Date 
1920-1950
Medium 
Glass
Dimensions 
Overall: 3 3/4 x 2 x 1 1/2 in. ( 9.5 x 5.1 x 3.8 cm )
Description 
Colorless glass perfume bottle blown in a mold, with brass-plated top and rim; bottle with fourteen sides and pattern engraved along outside of four floral bunches connected by draped lines; thin tube attached to top, along with cylindrical container, which both hang below rim; screw and chain at side of top; "MADE IN FRANCE" on lid.
Credit Line 
Gift of George A. Zabriskie, 1941
Object Number 
INV.13287ab
Marks 
engraved: along top of bottle, on metal: "MADE IN FRANCE"
Gallery Label 
Paper tag tied to bottle reads "Geo. A./Zabriskie/1941" (written in pencil).
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.