Posted 4 years ago
sklo42
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These small perfume bottles are, I think, Bohemian or Czech. The peloton rods are between a blue base and a clear or pink tinged outer casing. The inside of the necks have been ground to give a good fit to the stoppers, which is why the blue layer is missing. I know this as my fingers are small enough to get inside the necks! Sadly no stoppers. When you look through the base the peloton rods seem to have shrunk. What do you call a demagnifying glass ? You can enlarge image four to see the effect.
Height 13 cm./5 inches
Nice Peggy, like the blue, unusual (to me anyway) with the clear foot..Possibly by Rückl..
I like peloton glass, and don't care too much who made it, as I don't find it very often. When it is found it's pricey, though these came in a swap.
I didn't think about them as perfume bottles but now I can see you're right.
Peloton - you know how I love it, Peggy. These are so special & even better to have a pair!
nice pair... congrats
@Ivonne At least you know I went away happy, Iwona. I only saw them as peloton. Only recently have I realised they must have had stoppers.
@IronLace The camera has made them look almost luxurious, Marin. In real life the feet look clear with a slight peach tinge.
@kivatinitz Thank you so much, Sylvia.
Those are great, I've never seen Peloton perfume bottles!
Peloton was first invented by and patented by Harrach. At the time, the factory was managed by a Kralik, and he later went on to work at the Kralik factory, so no doubt they made it as well. I had written an article about the subject online, but let my website go, but Warren wrote a CW article about the subject, here's a cut & paste of it for your reference:
Wilhelm Kralik, an employee of the Harrach glass works in Neuwelt, Bohemia, was granted a British patent on October 25, 1880 for a method of "ornamenting glass articles". The last photo is a scan from the book
Abridgments of Specifications
Class 52,
Furniture and Upholstery
Period-A.D. 1877-83.
London:
Patent Office Sale Branch
38, Curator Street, Chancery Lane, E.C.
1893
This volume is in the public domain, and is available as a free e-book on Google Books.
It is interesting that the patent was filed in England - Harrach produced a wide range of products for the English market in the Victorian era, so it does make sense.
Yay, nice set, I would get the generic crystal stoppers not black ones- they look great
I wasn't actually thinking of getting stoppers. I'd assumed the stoppers would have been blue to hide the clear glass at the neck. And if so getting a match would be impossible.
@sklo42 - I'm doing a presentation this Friday on 100 years of Harrach perfumes for the IPBA Convention. Would you mind if I used a photo of your wonderful Harrach Peloton perfumes?
Thanks!
Brian
Not at all. I'd be pleased. Anything that adds to the body of knowledge is good. Peggy
Thanks so much Peggy, that'll be great to have your set as an example of their work!