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Raymond Guerlain, Baccarat Crystal Perfume bottle,

Currency:USD Category:Antiques Start Price:30.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 250.00 USD
Raymond Guerlain, Baccarat Crystal Perfume bottle,
Raymond Guerlain, Baccarat Crystal Perfume bottle, Paris France, Flacon Chauve Souris (The Bat) c1924. Urn shaped flacon designed by Raymond Guerlain and produced by Baccarat to hold only the extrait of Shalimar. The bottle was also produced by Pochet et du Courval, Saint Gobain des Jonqueres and Cristal Romesnil (1920s). This bottle came in several sizes from miniature to a huge factice. A rare example had a clear stopper, instead of the usual blue wash. Baccarat flacon #597. Shalimar was renamed No.90 for a short time during a lawsuit concerning another company who was using the name Shalimar for their perfume. You may find a rare No. 90 bottle with a clear translucent stopper, made by Baccarat. The earliest bottles feature a small hole drilled into the base of the stopper, in which threads would go through to seal and make a tassel. This feature dates these bottles to 1927-1936 according to a 1927 advertisement I have in the photo gallery showing a bottle with the hole in the stopper.