6-sided French(?) cologne- any info?

[farmerdan]

This cologne has graced my collection for many years and is one of my favorites- however I have never found it listed anywhere. Can't find ANY info on it actually. I believe it to be European, possibly french, in origin. It is clear, 4 1/2" tall, 6 sided, sand pontilled, and has a nice, crude, crooked tooled lip. The bottle itself is actually pretty crooked. The flared neck is swirled with a combination of stretched out bubbles and whitish and rust colored striations which give it a marbled appearance.(Love it!) Embossed "Jean Marie Farina Cologne" Although I would not consider selling it, I would like to know an approximate value. I'm guessing the age at around the 1850s. Maybe some of our fellow members across the lake might know about it. OK here she is:

 

[farmerdan]

A good shot of the striations in the neck. (Yes that is a bubble in the shoulder, not a chip)

 

[farmerdan]

other side of the neck

 

[GuntherHess]

http://www.farina1709.com/

Farina Cologne

 

[Dansalata]

that is a beauty for sure...

 

[farmerdan]

Sand pontil, A.K.A. "sticky ball pontil"

 

[farmerdan]

Love the "crookedness". OK thanks in advance everyone I have faith in Y'all! []

Farmer

 

[GuntherHess]

Those can be a bit tricky to date. You cant judge them by American glass making standards because they were still using outdated methods up to the end of the 19th century.

 

[epackage]

The original Eau de Cologne is a spirit-citrus perfume launched in Cologne in 1709 by Giovanni Maria Farina (1685–1766), an Italian perfume maker from Santa Maria Maggiore Valle Vigezzo, Italy. In 1708, Farina wrote to his brother Jean Baptiste: "I have found a fragrance that reminds me of an Italian spring morning, of mountain daffodils and orange blossoms after the rain" (Eckstein p. 8). He named his fragrance Eau de Cologne, in honour of his new hometown.

The Original Eau de Cologne composed by Farina was used only as a perfume and delivered to "nearly all royal houses in Europe" (Farina Fragrance Museum information leaflet). His ability to produce a constantly homogenous fragrance consisting of dozens of monoessences was seen as a sensation at the time. When free trade was established in Cologne by the French in 1797, the success of Eau de Cologne prompted countless other businessmen to sell their own fragrances under the name of Eau de Cologne.

Giovanni Maria Farina's formula has been produced in Cologne since 1709 by Farina opposite the Jülichplatz and to this day remains a secret. His shop at Obenmarspforten opened in 1709 and is today the world's oldest fragrance factory. Other Colognes were launched over 100 years after Farina's one, such as the famous Cologne 4711, named after its location at "Glockengasse No. 4711". In 1806, Jean Marie Joseph Farina, a grand-grand-nephew of Giovanni Maria Farina (1685–1766), opened a perfumery business in Paris that was later sold to Roger & Gallet. That company now owns the rights to Eau de Cologne extra vieille in contrast to the Original Eau de Cologne from Cologne.

 

[tigue710]

They are tricky to date but yours looks like an 1850-60 variant. I've dug them in that context. The sell in the 30-50 dollar range... Nice twisty neck on that one...! The one I've dug were all in Connecticut, new London area