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THE ANTIQUE
DETECTIVE
Anne Gilbert
Scent Bottle Artistry
Dates To Antiquity
Old scent bottles may be small
but the) pack a big beauty wall
op.
For man) of toda) 's beginning
collectors, it is 20th century per
fume bottles that are catching
their attention.
However, past generations
English nailsea glass
snuff bottle, 19th century.
Photo credit: Private col
lection.
JANUARY & FEBRUARY
MAURERAIL SCHEDULE
All Events To Be Held At The Ridge Fire Company
Along Rt. 23, Between Phoenixville, PA & Rt. 100
Exhibition Friday Nites 7-9 and on sale day 8-10 A.M.
Pavilion 10 A.M. Saturday January 3; A Glorious Mixtures of “O” Gauge
1930 to 1970, HO sets, Lionel Accessories, all kinds of parts, track, trans
formers, etc.
Blue Room II A.M. Saturday. January 3
Standard gauge trains for oper
ators & collectors, “O” gauge trains 1920 to 1998, including next Marx,
Lionel from all periods, Flyer & Ives also antique toys, Plasticville, Die Cast,
etc.
Pavilion 10 A.M. Saturday. January 17: Important offering of old & new
American Flyer “S” gauge with good Lionel “O” gauge add in. huge 630 lots.
Blue Room 10 A.M. Saturday. January 17: Serious railroad books, docu-
merits, ephemera from the Bill Edson estate.
Pavilion 10 A.M. Saturday. January 31: Above average selection of “O”
gauge from 1946 to 2002. Various makers, much unused, accessories.
Blue Room 10 A.M. Saturday. January 31; Check your lists! This is the
Railroadiana auction that got lost in the snow December 6. Let’s try again and
hope for clear tracks!
Pavilion 10 A.M. Saturday. February 14
“G” gauge estate auction.
Blue Room 10 A.M. Saturday. February 14
form one large Lionel post war auction.
Pavilion 10 A.M. Saturday. February 28: Estate auction of 30 ft. “O” gauge
layout and 500 lot collection. Includes all layout accessories, buildings. Dept
56, etc.
Blue Room 10 A.M. Saturday. Februar
thing, plus brass!
If a blizzard interrupts our plans, we will move the sale to the next Saturday.
were captivated by the crafts
manship and history of early
scent bottles, often to Roman an
tiquity. Various auction prices
offer some surprises. Many of the
more recent bottles can be priced
much higher than ancient exam
ples.
Prices depend on many factors
from the name of the maker to
quality of material and artistic
techniques.
Over the centuries the original
purposes of scented oils have var
ied from early use in religious
and funerary ceremonies to aph
rodisiacs. Or, as a coverup for
lack of personal cleanliness.
Their shapes and the materials
used have also changed. From
the 16th century on, when made
by talented artists and craftsmen
they can be classified as minia
ture works of art. The size range
is usually from 2'Ax4 inches.
Over the years, during excava
tions, examples have been found
dating back to ancient Egyptian
bombs and Roman times.
Egyptian bottles imitated the
forms ol Greek ceramic pieces;
tubular and globular. As a status
symbol of the nobility, they were
worn on the wrist from a cord.
These days, many collectors wear
them around their necks as me
dallions.
By the late 16th century per
fume-making became an impor-
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tant business in Europe. Not only
jewelers, but goldsmiths, glass
makers and ceramic factories cre
ated some of the finest scent bot
tles ever made. France and
Germany made bottles of colored
glass.
In Italy the scent bottles fol
lowed the style of Venetian glass.
However, by the 118th century
glass scent bottles were out of
fashion. The English Bristol fac
tories, with their translucent
blue glass replaced them, as
did English porcelain factor
ies sucn as Bow, Chelsea,
and Worcester. They decor
ated the bottles with Chinoi
serie and often in elaborate
figural forms
At the same time in late
18th century America, small
scent bottles were being
made by the Stiegel Man
heim Glass Works in Penn
sylvania. They were free
blown and pattern-molded
in a wide range of colors.
Some figural forms included
hearts and seahorses.
The Boston and Sandwich
Glass Company made great
quantities of scent bottles
from the mid 19th century,
as did the Pittsburgh Glass
House.
19th century English
scent bottles were made
using the newly popular
cameo glass.
There was a revival of
nailsea (glass with white or
color swirls). Copies of Ger
man enamelware were also
made in England by Bliston
in Staffordshire. In France
and italy millefiori (many
flowers) were created. Popu
lar exports from Bohemia
were ruby and flashed glass,
often combined with floral,
enamel motifs.
Gigantic one-person LGB and
Two estates joined together to
28; HO Auction - includes every-
Over the years the tops were of
both metal and glass.
By the end of the 19th century
there were new types and styles.
In the early 20th century they
were replaced by perfume bottles.
Gall’e, Lalique and Tiffany scent
bottles can sell in the thousands
of dollars these days.
CLUES: Surprisingly there are
many examples of old Roman
glass scent bottles, often faked.
HARRY’S AUCTION
Graybill Rd., Leola, PA 17540
(717) 656 ' 2436
ffflPy 8 Miles East of Lancaster - 1 Block South
of Route 23 in the Village of Bareville
HARRY’S AUCTION PRESENTS ANOTHER
OUTSTANDING NEW YEARS DAY
TOY & COLLECTIBLE AUCTION
THURS., JANUARY 1, 2004 - 8:30 a m.
Located at the Bareville Fire Hall, 211 East Main Street, Leola, Pa. 6
miles east of Lancaster along Rt. 23. (between Lancaster & New
Holland)
ROADMASTER BOYS BICYCLE
100 MODEL KITS: Including cats. Tiucks. Boats, Ships. Tiains, An planes
from the 1960\ & 1970's
TRAINS & ACCESSORIES: Lionel including #254 elec set. #726
Locomotive set; #254 set Wabash cannonball set. Rotating beacon, #362
Band loader. Station platloim, #132 Illuminated station, #167 Whistle con
tiollei, #395 Floodlight towei. #4SN Automatic gateman. Gcneiator cat,
Baird cai. Meichandise cat. #22 Remote switches, #7l Lamp posts. #O7B
Signal, ZW tiammastei tianstormci. American Flyer train set. Maix tram set,
Tiain catalogs. Heinz stieel cai. Plasticvillc & Revcll buildings. Silvei Slicak
H O Ham set. H O cars
PROMOTIONAL CARS: 1959 Fan lane, 1960 Falcon, 1966 Comet (slot
cai). 1961 Meicuiy. 1957. 1964. & 1965 T-Bnd. 1961 Continental. 2 - 1966
T-Bnd uidios. 1961 Fold pick-up. 1961 & 1970 Impala. 1965 & 1966
Monaco, 1967 Camaio, 1966 Pontiac, 1967 Corvair. 1967 Rambler, 1968
Eldoado. 1969 AMX. 1972 Torino. 1974 Fnebird, 1979 Coupe Deville.
1970. 1977. 1980, 1981 Corvettes
FARM TOYS: 1950's boxed J D toys to include crawler. Crawler blade,
"A". Pull-type combine. Two bottom plow. Disc spreader. Loader, Barge
wagon. Mounted pickei. 14-t balei. Other J D pcs 4020 precision; 5020,
Mower conditioner. Generation 11, 6600 Combine. Plantei. Wing disc. 4-
Bottom plow. Chuck wagon; Barge wagon, Spieader, Utility w/loader,
Historical set. I H 560, “M” & F-20 Precision. Lalayette Super “C"; I H
loader. New Holland I/32nd balei, Case steam engine. Tru-scale 890,
Chopper, Rake, Combine, Ford 8870 & 8970. Ruchl Massey-Hams com
bine. AC 190. 200. 220. D-19 w/duals. D-21. 170, 7045, 70.30. 7040, 7050,
7060. 7080, While 2-135, 2-155, 2-180, 4-210. M.M Comfort cab. “GB," G
-900, G-940, G-1000, M-670, “U" GTB, "UB". 5-stai. Twin city many by
Hookei & Mohr. Tin tracloi w/man
HESS & TEXACO TRUCKS: Texaco including 2 - #1 (1 with no box). #lB
banks. #5 sampler bank. Platform tiuck. station attendant, lug boats, llatbeds.
wieckers, pick-ups, #1 filling station, #l, #2, #4, #5, #8 auplanes, Texaco
barn and many moie Hess 1970 fire pumper. 1972 split window tanker.
1976banel vans, 1977 tankeis, 1980 darning vans. 1984-1985 tankeis, 1986,
1987. 1989, 1990. 1995. 1999 and more. Wilco liticks
PRESSED STEEL: Smith-Millei Coke tiuck. Tonka #620 cement mixei,
jeep, lowboy w/loader. dump tiuck, mad giadei, community set. Stiucto lad
der tiuck. dump tiuck. tiansport. Nylmt U-Haul. Nylmt livestock hauler &
lournarockei, J D dealei tiuck, Buddy-L big “H” lace team set
30-ERTL TRUCKS OF THE WORLD: Including Tow truck. Cement
mixer. Dump tiuck, MF.AC. Fold, Case equipment hauleis, Flatbeds. Car
cameis, Mobil. Ryder, Exxon, Giam tiucks, Log tiuck & more
MISCELLANEOUS TOYAGE: Tin boats w/Meicuiy & Scott-Atwater
motois, Hubley Colt & Nichols Stallion icvolveis, Rcvell Jupitei rocket,
Remco U S Navy pom-pom guns, Dukes ot Hazard slot car set, Congo steam
poweied boat, Stiel cncus wagon. Remco telephone set, Jr bagpipes, Ertl
Nascai pace cat. Tootsie A & P & U S mail Mack tiucks. Slot cars, Asstcd
lead soldiers. Buck Rogers gun. Ideal lobol, Holgate & Fisher-Price toys,
Dehanes trucks, Coigi cais & trucks. Tckno Tuboig & Fold trucks; Dinky,
Hot Wheels, Hubley kits, Danbuiy & Fianklm Mint cais. Inn Beam car
decanters, 3 - Disney manonettes, Brooklm & Western models cars, Sohdo
cais, Hubley cats & trucks. Friction Checkei cab, Tootsie cais & tiucks,
Nosco visible tractoi; Auburn mbbci lace set; Tico mcket launchei & tow
truck, A & P tiuck (Japan). 2 - Santa lanterns, Westgate seiviec station. Mime
rollei
EARLY MATCHBOX CARS & TRUCKS: Including Lipton Tea, Modern
Amusement, M H combine, Coca-Cola, Sand & Gravel Supply, Osram
Lamp truck, London Transport, Walls Ice Cream. Cleaning Dept,; #1
Traction engine, #ll Steam tollei, #l3 Tow tiuck. #3 Cateipillar D-9,
Yesteryear cais, Ycsteiyear case w/cars, K-10 pipe truck. K-17 low loader,
Barlord loadci, M-9 Coopci-Jarrctt, K-6 AC scraper. Matchbox display
case. Empty boxes & many pieces not listed
SEPARATE COLLECTIBLE AUCTION AT 9:00 A.M. WITH SECOND
AUCTIONEER: Stalling with appiox 50 ql.pt. gallon oil tins; Old spaik
plugs. Many items liquidated Irom an old music store to include Drums,
Violins, Global elec guitai, Haimomcas baritone horn. Music books & sheet
music and more, Longabeiger baskets, Lg cast butcher kettle w/stand.
Crocks, Hull vase, Smgei Featheihte sewing machine. Depression & carni
val glass; Milk white dresser bottles, Jardmeer. Lg pottery vase, Sensemch
airplane piopellei, Postcaids, Books including hisloiy of Downmgtown;
History of Maiyland vol (I, 11, III); History of W. Maryland vol (I & II);
New gilt shop items including Dept 56 buildings, dolls and many moie col
lectibles
AUCTIONEERS NOTE: This is by lai the largest quality and variety of
toys & collectibles that we have ever assembled foi our annual New Year’s
Day Auction 11 you buy toys and collectibles this auction is a must Preview
Wednesday, December 31.2003, from 5.00-7 00 PM It you are considering
selling Wmross trucks, farm toys, trams, Nascar or any other toys please give
us a call
No out of state checks.
Food served.
Auctioneers: Randy Stoltzfus (717) 656-8919 AU-1906
Richard Harry (717) 656-2436 AU-2183
Authentic ones are light weight.
Fakes are heavy. They have been
been fluoresced to show the ir
idescence associated with antiqui
ty glass. However, the faked ir
idescence will have an even
pattern.
If you are interested, keep
track of prices for various makers
and materials in such price
guides as Miller’s International
Professional Handbook.