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    Posted 11 years ago

    manddmoir
    (22 items)

    Here is a small selection of Loetz miniatures.

    Not surprisingly many people seem to be fascinated by Loetz miniatures, c1903 they are cute and, as they take up so little space; easy to collect.

    To quote from Alfredo’s wonderful website they are 'miniature vases under 2.5 inches tall' technically they are 'vinaigrettes; ie small perfume bottles' and usually found in 'Silberiris or Papillon finishes'. They are also usually associated with Liberties of London and, I think, it’s also been suggested they were sold as perfume samplers/testers. They almost always come as simple glass vessels – plus, if you are very lucky their original cork stoppers (as sold in Liberties), but just sometimes they are seen with small metal sprinkler tops.

    Pic 1 shows a typical ‘Liberty style’ cobalt papillon Loetz miniature

    Pic 2 shows a candia papillon and a cobalt papillon miniature both with the unusual metal tops (apologies for the bad picture –all I have at the moment)

    Pic3 shows a third kind, almost certainly still Loetz, but more of a chine finish, slightly taller with a top that doesn’t look like it ever was meant to have a stopper - this is a complete mystery.

    Put together, perhaps this is one mystery solved (those in picture 2) and a mystery still unsolved (picture 3).

    I’m not sure if this has been documented before, but the two miniatures in the centre both have what scent bottle collectors call ‘crown top sprinklers’ they have a screw top that does not fully unscrew –when tight they are sealed, when loose they enable the vessels contents to be sprinkled. More interestingly one of the tops is clearly marked 'J C Boldoot Amsterdam' a major Dutch perfume and cosmetics company. If you research their wares they often used a variety of ‘crown top sprinklers’ -marked and unmarked, so I suspect they are both for Boldoot.

    I guess if Liberties used them and J C Boldoot, then others did too.

    As to the remaining mystery of the last picture, I think it’s not a perfume sampler –but I’ve no idea what else it could be.

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    1. dlfd911 dlfd911, 11 years ago
      I just bought a seventh one for my collection, in a blue silberiris (or Norma?) finish, in a "genie bottle" shape, to match one I have in Candia Papillon.
    2. manddmoir manddmoir, 11 years ago
      Al
      you have one with a screw top on your page on miniatures, I assumed you had it!
      Also yes the pinkish candia -I thought it was just a photo colour aberration when someone sent me the photo, but now I have it to hand it is quite pinkish -not sure if its a colour aberration or one of those undocumented colours -didn't Alica have a list!
    3. Greatsnowyowl Greatsnowyowl, 11 years ago
      that was a partial list of unknown decors. There are a lot of colors in the book.. I highly doubt all of them are known.
    4. cameoboy cameoboy, 5 years ago
      Mike, since I discovered BOLDOOT I bought as many od its lttle cologne bottles only for the tops. And sure enough, they fit the miniatures!

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