Background on Maltese Crown Stopper

Gradon Locey of Horseheads, New York asks for identification of this piece of Steuben

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Clarence the Cat seems to be the correct answer

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Yesterday we referred you to the International Perfume Bottle Association to see stunning pictures of Carder Steuben perfumes. I suggested these bottles were Bonnie Salzman’s. Bonnie has corrected this.

Alan – just to correct a statement made – the Steuben perfumes on the Virtual Museum of the IPBA are not all mine – in fact, many belong to Frank and Elizabeth Creech, and several other members of the IPBA. Just like the Carder Steuben Club’s shape gallery, members are encouraged to provide pictures and information about their bottles to share in our Virtual Museum. Many members have done so.

Thanks.
Bonnie Salzman

Virtual Museum | International Perfume Bottle Association

Crown Perfume

After we pictured this perfume

Maltese Crown Stopper

Shape #6450

6 1/2 inches high

Lisa Ackerman of Orange, California asks:

Wow! What a perfume bottle! Can we know about the history of that lovely “personal favorite” perfume? Was it in the line long? Who might have retailed it? Owned it? How did it come to be in her collection?

Thank you for sharing with us! 🙂 Lisa Ackerman

Bonnie Salzman answers.

Alan,

This is in response to an inquiry from a Club member, regarding your “personal favorite” perfume/cologne bottle. It is line drawing #6450. It is in the shape of a crown, with the pomona green arches lightly engraved. The Maltese cross stopper has a long dauber that extends down into the orb, which is the perfume vessel. Given the line drawing number, it was made in the 1920s. It is unknown how many were made and in what colors. I understand that CMOG has a colorless crystal one, possibly shape #6432 in their collection. I have never seen or heard of another.

Interestingly, while Frederick Carder was with Stevens & Williams, the attached perfume bottle was designed and created. It is believed that this bottle was created to commemorate Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee in 1897. There is an identical but colorless bottle in the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. Copies of line drawings from Royal Brierley Crystal (formerly Stevens & Williams) found at the Rakow Library identify it as “flint crown scent bottle” number 23732. It is unknown whether Mr. Carder was the designer of this bottle, but the shape and style of the Stevens & Williams bottle and the Steuben bottle are eerily similar. This picture is courtesy of Frank and Elizabeth Creech.

Bonnie Salzman, Richmond, Virginia

Stevens & Williams

designer likely Frederick Carder

Picture courtesy of Elizabeth & Frank Creech

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2013 Carder Steuben Club annual Symposium will be held at The Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, NY from September 19-21, 2013. The festivities will begin with Frederick Carder’s 150th birthday celebration on the evening of September 18, 2013.