Time analysis of glass perfume bottle
If the 18th century is the era of ceramic perfume bottles, the 19th century can be called the era of glass perfume bottles.
Because the glass not only has the stability that will not make perfume qualitative change, but also has the airtightness that will not make it evaporate, and the transparency that its contents can be seen from the outside. For perfume containers with high requirements for stability and airtightness, it can be said that there is no more suitable material than glass.
Glass also has a strong processing performance. It can be processed into any shape and color and can be decorated arbitrarily. It can be made into luxury or simple. These are the most ideal materials for perfume bottles that require various performances to be concentrated on very small vessels.
In addition, at this time, with the popularization of perfume, perfume bottles also require not only good quality but also low price, and glass can just meet this requirement.
The birth of new design works
At that time, the generation of nobles who had always supported glass products continued to decline. Due to the prevalence of trade protectionism, exports stagnated, which brought a heavy blow to glass workshops in various countries. It is a fatal blow to Venice and Bohemia, which account for more than 90% of the production of exported glassware.
However, just at this time, due to the popularity of perfume culture, the strong demand for perfume bottles was born again, which is a timely help for the endangered perfume bottle industry. They believe that the high-grade glass perfume bottle can give full play to its unique technical advantages in export. Therefore, all workshops have racked their brains to design new works.
The glass perfume bottle of the 19th century was created under this background.
The craft of making glass perfume bottles in Venice
The glass made in Venice has the right to make lace, and the other glass processes can't be made in Venice. In addition, mosaic glass and mirufieo glass have been exclusively produced in Venice. Now their techniques have been applied to the creation of perfume bottles, and the products have been sent to the market in Central Europe. In the 19th century, lace glass accounted for the largest proportion of perfume bottles. It also marked that Venice glass broke the Stagnation with its continuous efforts.
Revival of Bohemian Glass Perfume Bottles
The Bohemian Glass Industry, which monopolized 80% of Europe's high-grade glass production in the 17th-18th century, is increasingly moving towards a period of decline. To save the situation, they have constantly developed new technologies, launched many novel and unique designs, and published many works one after another.
First, there are relief perfume bottles, then there are enamel perfume bottles with fine patterns. Gold or enamel colors are applied to the colorful glass. In addition, there are marble glass perfume bottles in black, green, teal, blue, and other colors. There is bright glass made of neodymium, thallium, and other new elemental compounds discovered at that time and works created by new techniques such as grating ion-exchange color and transparent enamel color.
There are even perfume bottles made of lime relief glass inlaid with white lime glass portraits, carefully carved perfume bottles, and glass perfume bottles that can emit yellow-green fluorescence after uranium addition. All kinds of perfume bottles are also equipped with personalized bottle ties, which can be used in small to large rooms.
In this way, Bohemian Glass Perfume Bottles in the 19th century show people an ever-changing glass world with their diverse techniques, novel designs, and colorful forms. And it has thousands of workshops, extending from North Bohemia to Slovakia, and constantly creating all kinds of novel and unique works.
British Glass Perfume Bottle
Like Venice and Bohemia, in Britain, which has a long tradition, perfume bottles are also hot commodities in glass workshops. In particular, tempered crystal glass has become the mainstream.
From the crystal craft perfume bottle known as rock crystal carving to various shapes of perfume bottles such as angle cups, ladles, bottles, and thin neck bottles. In addition, there are many styles with gold and silver bottle caps in the bottle tie part. Perfume bottles made of cloisonne were also produced exclusively in the UK. With beautiful patterns, they were also equipped with carrying leather cases, which was popular at that time.
These perfume bottles are all made to order. A set of designs only produces 10 to 20 products. Therefore, although there are many kinds of designs, the number of works of the same kind is very small. For collectors of perfume bottles, it is precise because of this production mode that the collection of perfume bottles is more attractive.
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