num_pages: 176
description: The Wonderful World of Collecting Perfume Bottles, a book about perfume bottles and fragrances, will tell of a commercial endeavor that would become so significant that no other glass form has produced such a profusion of design, pattern, shape, and elegant presentation. This book features approximately 600 different bottle designs by well-known perfume houses such as Chanel, Coty, Raphael, Hudnut, Guerlain, D'Orsay, and many more. Revered bottle makers such as Pochet et du Courval, Lalique, Hoffman, Baccarat, and Sandwich will be seen. There are interesting sections about the Sandwich Glass Company's bottles and French bottles from the 1800s that will enchant even the most sophisticated collector. Also presented are educational charts for patent date identification, bottle marks, articles dating bottles, plus tips and ideas that collectors will find interesting and useful. Readers of The Wonderful World of Collecting Perfume Bottles will become mesmerized by these small vessels created to hold perfume. 2006 values.
language: English
title: The Wonderful World of Collecting Perfume Bottles
titlecomplete: The Wonderful World of Collecting Perfume Bottles
ratings_count: 11
publisher: Collector Books