JULIEN VIARD 1920 ART NOUVEAU PERFUME BOTTLE IN GILDED & GRAY PATINATED ENAMEL ON GLASS

PERFUME BOTTLE DESIGNED BY JULIEN VIARD.

A BEAUTIFUL PIECE FROM THE FRENCH ART NOUVEAU. THIS IS THE RARE SMALL VERSION OF THE DEPINOIX FIDELWOOD MADE IN BERMUDA IN THE 1920.

THE DESIGN OF THIS LITTLE PERFUME BOTTLE IS VERY INTERESTING SINCE IS SHOWING TRANSITIONAL PATTERNS, FROM THE ART-NOUVEAU TO THE ART-DECO STYLES. 

MADE IN THE SHAPE OF A SQUARED BOMBE CUSHION IN CLEAR AND FROSTED GLASS, WITH GRAYISH-BLACK PATINA MOLDED WITH LINEAR PATTERNS IN LOW RELIEF AND WITH EIGHT STYLIZED GILDED SMALL BUTTERFLIES IN HIGH RELIEF. THE LID HAVE A SPROUT DECORATED WITH THE SAME PATTERNS IN THE FORM OF A 6 PETALS FLOWER.

HAVE A TOTAL WEIGHT OF 36.8 Grams AND A MEASURES OF 33 mm BY 33 mm BY 89 mm (1.3 x 1.3 x 3.5 Inches). 

HOUSE OF FRAGRANCE OF ST. GEORGES, BERMUDA, WHICH LATER BECAME THE BERMUDA PERFUME FACTORY.

THE HOUSE OF FRAGRANCE COMPANY WAS FOUNDED BY CHARLES RICHARD RUTHERFORD, WHO HAD BEEN STUDYING THE ART OF PERFUME MAKING AS A HOBBY AS EARLY AS 1921. HE BEGAN TO CONSIDER MAKING PERFUMES FROM BERMUDA AS A COMMERCIAL BUSINESS. HIS IDEA WAS TO USE THE LOCAL INGREDIENTS INDIGENOUS TO BERMUDA IN ADDITION TO OTHER MATERIALS WHICH COULD BE IMPORTED WORLDWIDE. 

FIDELWOOD WAS THE MOST FAMOUS OF THE PERFUMES INTRODUCED BY THE HOUSE OF FRAGRANCE. IT WAS NORMALLY HOUSED INSIDE OF A DEPINOIX BOTTLE WHICH WAS DESIGNED BY JULIEN VIARD.

THIS LITTLE BEAUTY, IS IN PERFECT CONDITION WITH NO CHIPS, CRACKS OR PREVIOUS REPAIRS. HAVE LITTLE REMAINS OF THE ORIGINAL PARFUM. THE GILDING AND THE GRAY[BLACK ENAMEL ARE INTACT.

INVENTORY REF: D0000SNMK/.1111