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Saturday, October 19, 2013

Ebay Find! Baccarat Lyre Flacon

Ebay Find! Baccarat Lyre Flacon, later hand painted.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dramatic-Baccarat-Hand-Painted-Enamel-Art-Deco-French-Commercial-Perfume-Bottle-/380748416865?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item58a65fc761


photo by ebay seller decodaysgoneby



Flacon Lyre c1921-1959

Flacon created by Baccarat to house Candide Efflueve, A Travers Champs and Guerlinade. Also produced by Pochet et du Courval in a very small quantity for export to the USA. Baccarat flacon #475.

Baccarat:
  • 80cc/80ml/2.7 oz - 12.9cm/5.08" (1921-1959) 
  • 125cc/125ml/4.2 oz - 14.7cm/5.79" (1921-1959) 
  • 250cc/250ml/8.4 oz - 18.7cm/7.36" (1921-1959) 
  • 500cc/500ml/16.9 oz - 23.5cm/9.25" (1921-1952) 
  • 1 liter/1000ml - 29cm/11.42" (1921-1952) 

Pochet & the Courval:
  • 30cc/30ml/1 oz (1924) produced very limited quantities to the USA

Ebay Find! L'Heure Blue with Silver Fountain Label c1926

Ebay Find! L'Heure Blue with Silver Fountain Label c1926

Super rare find!!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Superb-Baccarat-French-Art-Deco-Commerical-Perfume-Bottle-GUERLAIN-LHeure-Bleue-/380748402450?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item58a65f8f12




The Silver Fountain labels represent the fountains at the 1925 Art Deco Expo in Paris, they were used in 1928 to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of Guerlain. The perfumes were boxed in a blue and silver box and the perfumes were presented in a clear glass bottle called the "petit beurre" or little butter pat..

Flacon Petit Beurre (Little Butter Pat) c1916 - ?

Baccarat:
  • 40cc/40ml/1.35 oz - 7.7cm/3.03" (limited edition of only 500 in 1916)
  • 80cc/80ml/2.7 oz - (limited edition of only 500 in 1916)
Pochet et du Courval:
  • 20ml/0.676 oz - 5.5cm/2.17" (1929)
These were used for the following perfumes:
  • L'Heure Bleue
  • Mitsouko
  • Rue de la Paix
  • Candide Effluve
  • A Travers Champs
  • Fol Arome
  • Quand Vient L'Ete 
  • Kadine
  • Guerlinade
  • Une Rose
  • Pour Troubler
  • Vague Souvenir
  • Champs Elysees