The International Perfume Bottle Association met in St. Louis for their annual convention from May 1-4. One of the convention visits (“The most important stop”) was to the Samuel Cupples House (museum) on the campus of St. Louis University. This museum has an 800-piece Eleanor Turshin Glass Collection, including a substantial Steuben collection. Shari Maxson Hopper, who operates Paradise & Co. a Paradise, CA seller of perfume atomizer parts, www.paradise-co.com sent along the following photos, which we thank her for. How did Shari find me? Well, Ellen Teller, one of our group, of Ann Arbor, MI knows Shari and provided our e-mail address and suggested she send these pictures along. This reminds me, if you know someone who loves Carder Steuben and think they might like to receive the Club’s e-mail letter, send along their name and e-mail address and we’ll add them to the list. It houses the 800 piece glass collection, mostly Steuben of Eleanor Turshin It is furnished in the original furnishings. Sorry I did not take more pictures of the glass. Here is what I have:

DeVilbiss expert, Marsha Crafts of Port St. Lucie, FL, has additional information and questions on the perfume marked as #105 in the pictures sent earlier about the Cupples House in St. Louis.
Always fun to work out puzzles having to do with glass knowledge.
I agree #105 is interesting. It is definitely DeVilbiss hardware and not a ‘production’ catalogued piece. I too would have dismissed it as a new piece with an old top. However, Ellen Teller retrieved an atomizer ( from kids cleaning Grandmas house literally in the garbage can) that is the same shape as this one. Hers is a calcite glass with an iridescent gold zipper design (also not a production piece).
From her research and from a reference I found in Revi’s, it seems that Martin Bach Jr. was in Toledo working with DeVilbiss to establish an art glass line. He was between jobs (c.1924-25) after Quezel and these bottles were probably trials, possibly produced at Imperial glass. If Victor Durand hadn’t lured him away, the history of DeVilbiss perfumes may have ended up quite differently. It’s not Carder but perhaps Ellen would post her bottle. If anyone has any more info on Martin Bach Jr. being in Toledo for a short time, I would love to get it. Marsha Crafts

Marsha Crafts asked, Oscar Bach, Oscar Bach, where are you, where are you? At least, were you in Toledo, OH?

David Goldstein provides some help in trying to find him.
Two people Marsha Craft should try contacting are Gay Taylor at the Museum of American Glass in Milllville, NJ and Malcolm MacNeil at Doyle’s in New York. Gay organized the best exhibit of Quezal ever done and has done exhibits on Durand and its contemporaries. Malcolm has done a lot of research on Quezal in preparation for writing a book on Quezal.
Speaking of The Museum of American Glass in Millville, NJ reminds me that they have done a 16 page color soft covered book on perfumes, including a number of Carder Steuben Perfumes. A cover of the booklet follows. If you have an interest in acquiring the book, it is $20 +S&H. Follow this link.
http://secure.wheatonarts.org/product.php?productid=16068&cat=0&page=1