Embossed nude on bottle

[cappyjon431]

I found this bottle while diving today. It is five inches tall and has no writing on it on the sides or bottom. There is no seam on the neck or lip. The picture appears to be a nude woman. Is this a perfume bottle? Is it old?

 

[blobbottlebob]

Hey Jon,
This one definitely looks like a keeper! My guesss is that you are correct. It is likely a perfume bottle. To tell the age, it might help to check for mold seams along the side. Do they end around the neck area? That would make it "tooled" and date it to the turn of the century.

 

[cappyjon431]

Hi Bob,

There are very definite seams on the sides of the bottle, but no seams on the neck or lip. I think this one will be very hard to identify because there is no writing on it, so I'm not sure what to google.

Best,

Jon

 

[Dean]

Hi Jon,
I'm enclosing a picture of a nude woman on a satin glass bottle. It is embossed MELBA in large letters across the back and is very similiar to yours. This also has Melba embossed very faintly underneath the picture in the frosted area in lower right corner. You have to put it in bright light to see it. Hope this helps, Dean

Try this link as it may list yours: http://reviews.ebay.com/Vintage-Melba-Perfumes_W0QQugidZ10000000002892157

 

[cappyjon431]

Thanks Dean. The woman sure looks similar, although she is in a slightly different position (yours is more reclining) and yours has some sort of cloth/garment. My bottle has no writing on the opposite side, but at least yours give me a direction to search.

Best,

Jon

 

[GuntherHess]

These nude images seemed to be pretty popular designs during the art nouveax period at the end of the 19th cent. and into the 20th.

 

[CanYaDigIt]

Good job Cappy. Your finds are getting better and better. It's probably either a perfume or some other toiletrie, and yes it is "old". At least by American standards. 100 years isn't very old in say..... Rome, but that's just about when bottles around here start to get interesting.

 

[Stardust]

They are very lovely bottles. cappyjohn i thought your's was a mermaid as the pic is blured or it's my eyes and her legs looked like fins.
her arms looked like she was in water. I'd love to see a clearer pic or get new glasses. [8|] i love perfumes, colones, lotions, pretty things! []
thanks for posting.
saw this pretty one online last week... i still dream till my ship comes in.

 

[cyberdigger]

She does kind of look like a mermaid, actually... that's a cool find, Cap!! Keep them coming!![]

 

[cyberdigger]

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