Powder horn-shaped cobalt blue cut and polished glass perfume bottle. The bottle has a hinged cap of gilt metal and tip at bottom of same gilt metal. These two metal pieces are joined by a simple beaded chain with ring -- perhaps for holding through finger. Glass is cut and meant to hold something which could be sealed shut by hinged top.
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Decorative perfume bottles were sold empty and meant to be filled with one’s choice of fragrance. Leading up to the mid-nineteenth century, empty bottles were often taken to a local apothecary to be filled with different scents. These bottles date back to ancient Roman or Egyptian times. They have been made from a variety of materials such as glass, metals, stone, and porcelain, with or without gold or silver trim. Shapes and sizes included with figural bottles, testers, atomizers, and novelties forms.
