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Scent Bottles (Shire Library)
Alexandra Walker
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Description for Scent Bottles (Shire Library)
Paperback. Perfume has been used in religious ceremony and also in medicine, for it was believed to have the power to ward off illness. Elaborately chased silver pomanders were carried during times of plague. This book traces the history of the scent bottle from the alabaster containers of ancient Egypt to mass-produced commercial bottles. Series: Shire Album S. Num Pages: 32 pages, 55 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: WCN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 156 x 4. Weight in Grams: 94. New.
This book traces the history of the scent bottle from the alabaster containers of ancient Egypt to mass-produced commercial bottles. Perfume has been used in religious ceremony and also in medicine, for it was believed to have the power to ward off illness. Elaborately chased silver pomanders were carried during times of plague. The frivolity and luxury of scent were reflected in eighteenth-century 'toys', bottles in the form of fruit and figures in porcelain or enamel. The Victorian lady had a wide choice of scent bottles, including dual-purpose bottles which also held smelling salts or sal volatile. In the twentieth ... Read more
This book traces the history of the scent bottle from the alabaster containers of ancient Egypt to mass-produced commercial bottles. Perfume has been used in religious ceremony and also in medicine, for it was believed to have the power to ward off illness. Elaborately chased silver pomanders were carried during times of plague. The frivolity and luxury of scent were reflected in eighteenth-century 'toys', bottles in the form of fruit and figures in porcelain or enamel. The Victorian lady had a wide choice of scent bottles, including dual-purpose bottles which also held smelling salts or sal volatile. In the twentieth ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Shire Publications Ltd
Number of pages
32
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Series
Shire Album S.
Condition
New
Number of Pages
32
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780852639092
SKU
9780852639092
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Ref
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About Alexandra Walker
Alexandra Walker has worked at the Harris Museum and Art Gallery in Preston since 1975. Her interest in scent bottles developed from working with the collection of over 2700 examples in the Mrs French bequest to the museum.
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