Perfume bottle with glass lid and metal lid from Mae's Millinery Shop
date: label: Date
content: 1941-1994
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Avon, founded 1886
label: Owned by
content: Mae Reeves, American, 1912 - 2016
label: Subject of
content: Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
notes: label: Description
content: A clear glass cylindrical perfume bottle (a) with a gold toned metal base and a gold strip painted around the top. The bottle has a glass screw top lid (b). A second, larger gold toned metal lid (c) with a crest engraved on the top was found with the bottle, though it does not fit properly over the bottle and glass lid. A label is adhered to the bottom of the bottle with printed text reading: "Avon / Occur! Cologne / 4fl oz / Avon Products, Inc NY 1020".
place: label: Place collected
content: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Millinery
label: Topic
content: Women
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Mae's Millinery Shop Collection
label: Classification
content: Accessories and Personal Effects
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Mae Reeves and her children, Donna Limerick and William Mincey, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2010.6.110abc
objectType: label: Type
content: perfume bottles
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: glass and metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 5 5/8 x 2 1/8 x 2 1/8 in. (14.3 x 5.4 x 5.4 cm)