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This bottle was in a lot of bottles that I bought online. I was intrigued
when I saw this on in the picture. I knew that it was a pharmaceutical bottle but it had a perfume label on it. Otis Clapp & Son is the company name on both labels. Otis Clapp started a pharmacy in 1840 located in Boston. This company made numerous pharmacecutical products. I can't find any connection between the Otis Clapp & Son Co and this or any other perfume. I also can't find anything about this particular fragrance. I wander if it is one of their own creation. They were chemists and who knows this might have been their own creation. This bottle has 2 labels. The top one is a beautiful embossed gold label with Rusalka and Otis Clapp name on it. The bottom one has 3 7/8 Fluid Ounce - Rusalka Toilet Water - Made in U.S.A by Ottis Clapp & Son Incorporated - Boston & Providence. It stands 5" tall.
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That embossed label is stunning. I think it would have been one of their own creations. Just a guess though.