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Posted 2 years ago
vetraio50
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I needed some help from anyone who might recognize this bottle. It came in the shape of my mate ozmarty! It has a mushroom stopper and a body looks like a "morel". The glass is frosted and has a Lalique look. There was at one time a label in the raised square space I suppose. On the bottom are two sets I think of moulded marks. I had been looking at them from different angles and had been able to make out only "Paris". Marty filled in the blanks:"Berylone" by Isanbel Paris.
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It's 12 cm tall, ie 4.72 inches.
I'll try again at getting a photo of them tomorrow.
The whole thing fits nicely in the hand and is very tactile.
Hi Vetraio50, here it is
http://www.passionforperfume.com/graphics/Rona/rg594.jpg
"Berylone" by Isanbel Paris
Hi Marty! Thank you! As soon as I saw Isanbel I knew that was it. I have seen the word vaguely but had never been able to make sense of the it. How on earth did you find it? I am stoked!
Hi again. I've already come up with the fact that it was produced in France initially as a fragrance called 'Tabac' in 1920. It was then later renamed as Berylune. It seems the passionforperfume site has a 'typo'.
On ebay France there are four bottles of different sizes. I still haven't found out who produced the bottles but I'm now on the right track. Thanks again.
Hi Kev, The bottle is not lalique. Rene Lalique did design 1 bottle for Isabey (?)( but none for Isanbel) ....." Traverse la Voilette ". A simple square flask decorated with a flower and leaf design in black and glod enamel.
I have a (mini)passion for perfume so knew where to start looking . I use to have whole list of perfume bottle search sites book marked but lost them when computer crashed one time .
Again thanks Marty!
"A Travers la Violette" by Isabey according to a very informative blog called "cleopatrasboudoir".
But I'll still try and find out the maker: there are quite a few alternatives I think.
I've had a look at some French sites and there is the suggestion there that this bottle was also used by another perfume manufacturer Stephane Burdin for a fragrance called "Rose". They also make out that the glass-maker or "verrerie" was Isanbel. More research needed. Thanks again for your advice.
I've had another look at the impressed marks on the bottom of the piece. It seems to be double marked: ISANBEL/PARI(S) and ISAN. The second ISAN is larger than the other mark. This was why I had trouble reading it all these years. I bought it at the Surrey Hills market about ten years ago from a dealer who always brought in interesting stuff. Unfortunately she moved North years ago.
Thanks again for your comments!
Many thanks BELLIN68, Hedgewalker, daisymay, scottvez, Grendelking and vintagemad!
many thanks guyfrmatl!
Thank you for the welcome vetraio50 - fellow Australian :)
Your flacon is stunning!
The information provided by other members above is very sound. There were several perfumes presented in this flacon (Berylune, Cuir de Russie and Tabac), which was produced in 3 sizes. I think this is the largest of the 3.
Whilst it has been created in the Lalique style, the flacon was not manufactured by lalique. If i find out more on this, I will let you know.
A tresure any collector would love to have in their collection!
and isnt tabac from germany if im correct , because i use to wear that all time back in the 80s:)
Many thanks Vol de Nuit!
L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux!
V, check my recent post again...there is a hint there...
Bellin, TABAC is the french word for Tobacco and was used a lot in perfume names, particularly in the early 20th century.
I know the German TABAC fragrance you are referring to though - and I also have a bottle of it on my bathroom counter :)
we have a lot to talk about my friend :) i dont know if you have seen the other bottles i have posted on here , but we think a like:)