Can anyone help with this broken perfume bottle?

[Miles]

It's really hard to tell with black glass, but that looks like it may be a pontil mark.

 

[GuntherHess]

I think C. Mottet was a perfume maker founded in 1780. Dont know if that's the same company but worth checking.

 

[KentOhio]

That's a great bottle. I think even with the damage, it is worth more than $100. It has many good features: Color, the pontil, the age, and the fancy embossed logo.

 

[botil]

Thanks everybody for your help. The information I've received has been very useful.

 

[botil]

Hi GuntherHess, are prices at Heckler's a good way to know the real value of a bottle?

 

[GuntherHess]

Yes, anytime you see a similar one actually sell, that is a good indication of value. Any of the auction sites are good for value information, Hecklers, Glassworks,Ebay,ect...

 

[bearswede]

Just remember, the auction houses deal mostly with near perfect specimens, as well as individual bottles that may be higher in value because of a desireable shade of color or some other attribute that might command a higher price...


Ron

 

[GuntherHess]

Thats what we have chEapBAY for right? The odds and ends.

 

[GuntherHess]

In my opinion that bottle is worth the trouble of rebuilding the top. it is normally done with a colored translucent epoxy. It would restore it to a nice display.

 

[botil]

Thanks Ron.