Trick of Treat

Oct 31, 2014
Issue 2092

Wouldn’t you like this book for your treat.

CSCA member and CSCA website developers, Marti DeGraaf and Toby Mack, have created this great and complete text from Schiffer Publishing on DeVilbiss (includes bottles purchased from Steuben.

Dear Alan:

Bring back the memories of grandmother’s vanity with DeVilbiss Perfume Bottles: 1907 to 1968 by Marti DeGraaf and Toby Mack. Anyone who watched their mother spritz perfume from an exquisite bottle onto her wrist before an evening out will be filled with nostalgia as they peruse the beautiful vintage glass in this book.

The first-ever complete guide to collecting and understanding the perfume bottles and related vanity products produced by DeVilbiss, the world’s foremost manufacturer of the 20th century. This expansive volume tells the tale of a truly remarkable company, its products, and its people. It includes over 900 photos of 1,000 bottles, lamps, and accessories from the authors’ extensive collection several of the other most important DeVilbiss collections in America. The text provides information from never-before-seen DeVilbiss Company archives, including specifications, design and engineering drawings, product descriptions, and company correspondence. Special focus is given to the glass manufacturers that supplied bottles to DeVilbiss. Also included is an exploration of the early cut and decorated bottles from Bohemia and the American Brilliant period, the opulent designs of the 1920s, the recovery from Depression along with new tastes of the 1930s, and the post-war embrace of the glass masters of Murano, Germany, and France.

Symposium 2025
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