Description
c1870 Baccarat Gelle Freres Barber Bottle Rose Tiente Rare. 9" tall x 5" wide,<br>minor mineral deposits inside, part of the complex lid mechanism looks to be<br>missing but it's amazing any of it's there. Unsigned 19th century Baccarat. Tiny<br>flake on ground footrim, no other chips, cracks, or restorations.TW214Barber<br>bottles were a part of the barbers tool box. These unique bottles contained<br>shampoos, hair tonics and facial splashes. The barber could purchase a large<br>quaintly of a product or make up his own recipe and refill his bottles. There<br>were many styles and shapes of these bottles. A large variety of colors,<br>enameled floral decorations and unique designs made these bottles very eye<br>appealing while setting on the shelf. The famous artist Mary Gregory with her<br>enameled scenes of small children are very popular today with collectors.<br>Pressed and cut glass examples were available along with opaque personalized<br>bottles in demand also. The personalized bottles would have the barbers name or<br>a very good clients name on it with some kind of a design or picture painted on<br>it. There were also applied label bottles. This was a thin layer of glass<br>covering the label. Many of the earliest bottles were hand blown with a pontil<br>base and a applied or sheared lip. These bottles were manufactured in the United<br>States and imported from Europe. Most of the fancy styles bottles were not<br>embossed but there are a few exceptions. The T Noonan & Co. Barber Supplies<br>Boston, Mass. embossed there name on the base of some of there bottles. Barber<br>bottles were in high demand between 1880s thru the early 1900s. In 1906 the Pure<br>Food and Drug act of 1906 restricted the use of alcohol based substances in<br>unlabeled and refillable containers. This made these bottles no longer used for<br>there original purpose. The demand slowed down but they were still being made<br>till the 1920s.
