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Could someone help me identify this item. It has a pin to pin on a blouse. It has a round ball surrounded by chain link. The top unsrews and it has a glass tube for applying perfume and what seems to be a red stone at the tip.
Can anyone let me know any details as to what this item might be.
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as you allready stated it's a perfume and it looks like czechoslovakian.. i have seen alot of czech perfumes with this red stone and metalwork decor... look it over really well with a magnifier for a mark.. if its not czech its prob french... really beautiful!!
Yeah its a perfume bottle alright. I recently saw one with a similar top, coral and everything, that said "MADE IN FRANCE."
Thank you so much for your help.
Thank you Dot