Ornate metal and glass perfume bottle from Mae's Millinery Shop
date: label: Date
content: 1941-1994
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Mae Reeves, American, 1912 - 2016
label: Subject of
content: Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
notes: label: Description
content: Ornately decorated gold and glass perfume bottle (a) with ornate stopper (b) from Mae's Millinery Shop. The bottle is made from clear glass in an oval shape that is larger at the top than the bottom. A gold-toned metal cap is placed at the top of the glass. The glass sits inside an ornate openwork metal frame with four (4) feet at the base and a design of flowers and fruit in front of a lattice. The metal stopper (b) has a tube at the bottom to fit into the top of the bottle. A flat metal piece extends above it roughly triangular in shape and featuring an open design in the same fruit and flower design as the bottle.
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 of Donna Limerick
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.48.17ab
objectType: label: Type
content: perfume bottles
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: glass and metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (ab): 7 5/8 × 3 1/2 × 2 3/8 in. (19.4 × 8.9 × 6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (a - body): 5 x 3 1/2 x 2 3/8 in. (12.7 x 8.9 x 6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (b - stopper): 2 13/16 x 2 1/16 x 9/16 in. (7.1 x 5.2 x 1.4 cm)