Showing posts with label coty. Show all posts
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Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Muguet by Coty c1920

One of the first bottles used was the Rene Lalique designed bottle that featured the double moth/butterfly frosted glass stopper, patinated in brown. This bottle was originally designed by Lalique for the Coty fragrance Muguet (Lily of the Valley) in 1912, but was later used for almost all of the Coty fragrances. I dub this the "Moth Stoppered Flacon". The flacon is a simple square shape, measuring slightly over 3" per side, with straight shoulders, slightly convex, an indented base, a small neck and a fancy molded stopper.

It is listed as Rene Lalique - Model No. Coty-Perfume-16, circa 1910.

This flacon is pictured in the following books:
  • Marcilhac, R.Lalique Catalogue Raisonne, page 929 of the 2011 French printing, under the reference "Coty 19" (photo 9).
  • Utt, Lalique Perfume Bottles, 1990, page 26.
  • Jones-North, Commercial Perfume Bottles, 1987, page 36

The authentic Rene Lalique produced bottles have intaglio molded "long-tail L" Lalique signatures on the base. They were made roughly from 1911 to about 1918/1919. The Lalique flacons came in two sizes: 3.34" tall and 3.93" tall. 


In 1914, to save money, Coty commissioned Baccarat to make the flacons based on the original Lalique designs. This caused a falling out in the friendship which resulted in the two men not talking for 13 years. Eventually, the two friends made up and Lalique designed one last bottle for him in 1927. Baccarat started making the bottles in 1916, the bottle being mold number 307. These bottles have sloping shoulders, not as straight as those found on the Lalique flacons. These bottles should be acid marked Baccarat on the base. Like the Lalique flacons, the bottle also has an elongated oval indentation in the center of the base. The Baccarat bottle can be found standing at 3.25" tall. You can see this bottle pictured in the book "Baccarat: The perfume bottles" by Addor Press, 1986, as #307. 

However, the Baccarat bottles also proved to be too expensive, and François Coty, who was excessively cheap, had the Lalique-copied bottles produced at his own glassworks in Pantin, France. Like those by Baccarat, these bottles have sloping shoulders, not as straight as those found on the Lalique flacons. The bottles made at the Coty glassworks are marked "Coty" on the base either embossed in the glass or acid stamped. Unlike the Lalique and Baccarat examples, the Coty made bottle does not have the elongated oval indentation in the center of the base, presumably to cut costs. The Coty base is flat. 

The Coty marked bottle holds 1.6 oz of parfum and stands 3.25" tall, it was housed inside of a green leather covered box. Another size is 2.75" tall.

Looking at the base is a simple way to differentiate those made by Rene Lalique. This is important to note, because you will undoubtedly come across auctions and sales of these bottles where the seller or auction house claims they are Rene Lalique made bottles.  They were not marked "R. Lalique" so beware of fake signatures applied to old non-Lalique produced bottles.

The beautiful moth stoppered bottle was finally discontinued in 1961. You can read more about these bottles at my Coty perfume bottles website.
 


 



Sunday, March 10, 2013

Misti by LT Piver c1913

Misti by LT Piver, c1913, perfume bottle by Rene Lalique, clear and frosted glass, accented with blue patina and molded with butterflies.2".


Photos by Drouot




Undocumented Rene Lalique Perfume Bottle c1912

Perfume bottle by Rene Lalique, unique undocumented design, the plain base with pointed stopper, patterned with vertical stylized flora, c. 1912. Molded LALIQUE signature with extended L. 8 7/8".

photo by Rago Arts

Au Coeur des Calices by Coty c1913




Au Coeur des Calices (Marcilhac p. 926) designed for Coty, model introduced 1913, in pale blue glass, the squat, circular, domical bottle molded on the interior with three rows of petals, with figural bumblebee stopper. Bottle stands 2.5" tall.





L'Effleurt by Coty c1912

L'Effleurt by Coty: launched in 1912.


L'Effleurt was housed inside of a Rene Lalique flacon that featured a molded glass label showing a woman rising out of a swirl of incense, which hearkens back to the origin of the word perfume, which is derived from the Roman, "per fumum", which means "through smoke".



Photo by Rago Arts



Ritz by Lalo c1919

Ritz by Lalo c1919 perfume bottle, made up of clear and frosted glass with fishscale pattern, low swuat shape, molded stopper, manufactured by Rene Lalique. Bottle also used for the Lalo perfumes Shyba and Auteuil.

Photo from Rago Arts






Photos from Drouot

Styx by Coty c1911

Styx by Coty: launched in 1911.


Carnette Guêpes Flacon:

The first flacon used for Styx was produced by Rene Lalique. The bottle is a vertical oblong pillar with eight raised lines, a flat base and a sculpted frosted glass collar representing four wasps arranged at the right angles to each other. The stopper was given a sepia tinted patina. The mouth of the bottle is very narrow at the center of the collar, closed by a thin sculpted stopper. This flacon model was called "Carnette Guêpes" (collar of wasps). The bottle measures approximately 5" to the top of the stopper. The bottle was fitted with an embossed gold paper label.

The model was originally created in 1911 for Lalique's own use and destined to be sold empty in his Maison under the name "Carnette Guêpes," but was also used by Francois Coty the same year for the "Styx" fragrance. 

This bottle is catalogued and photographed in the book R. Lalique: Catalogue Raisonne de L'Oeuvre de Verre by Felix Marcilhac, dubbed the "Lalique Bible" by collectors. You can see the bottle on page 322 of the 2011 French printed edition, under reference "H" for Lalique's own "Carnette Guêpes" and on page 927 under reference "Coty 6" for  his perfume"Styx". The Marcilhac comment mentions that the last Lalique bottle was produced in 1919. Once the Rene Lalique editions were no longer available, Coty had the same design produced at his own glassworks in France, you can see the bottle was still being used in 1923 via the advertisement I posted below. The Styx perfume was also sold later in various bottles. 





Photos by Drouot




Cyclamen by Coty c1913

Cyclamen by Coty c1913, clear and frosted tapering 6 sided perfume bottle with intaglio design of winged nude fairy figures on each panel. The fairy figures are reaching up to, and pulling over a flower to smell, their wings cascading down each side of the bottle, manufactured by Rene Lalique.

Photo by Rago Arts




Photos by Drouot

Ambre Antique by Coty c1910

Ambre Antique by Coty: launched in 1910. Gorgeous clear and frosted perfume bottle with sepia patina manufactured by Rene Lalique. 







Photos by Drouot

Photo from Craftsman Auctions, showing original presentation box.


A company named Societe Parfumer used exact copies of Lalique's Ambre Antique bottle for their perfumes. These were made in two different sizes. The main differences are the shapes of the stoppers and the copy bottle is not molded with the Lalique signature as on the original bottles.