![This is a small, clear glass perfume bottle. It is wide on the sides with subtle, symmetrical cuts and, from the front, is shaped like an upside-down umbrella. On the front, a brown, crest-like shape with the word [Shalimar] sits in the middle. The body has a clear glass foot as base support, also with angled cuts. The body tapers dramatically inward toward a small neck and its stopper: a fan-like shape made of blue glass with the words in cursive script [Guerlain, Paris].]( https://images.collection.cooperhewitt.org/120866_e3d56d0e5a290728_b.jpg
"Object ID #18401045")
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Object ID #18401045
This is a Perfume bottle. It was produced by Guerlain. It is dated 1925 and we acquired it in 1954. Its medium is molded glass, enamel. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
Shalimar, created by Guerlain for the 1925 Paris exposition, was named for the garden of Emperor Shah Jahan’s wife.
This object was
donated by
Guerlain.
It is credited Gift of Guerlain, Inc..
- Liu Perfume Bottle And Packaging
- glass, paper, metal.
- Gift of Didi Hunter.
- 1993-84-1-a/c
- Dawamesk Perfume Bottle
- a/b: 8 x 10.5 x 3.5 cm (3 1/8 x 4 1/8 x 1 3/8 in.).
- Gift of Iris Cantor.
- 1997-115-1-a,b
- L'Heure Bleue Perfume Bottle And Box
- glass, paper, thread.
- Gift of Anonymous Donor.
- 1954-47-2-a/c
Our curators have highlighted 5 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:
![Here we have an octagonal, pyramid-shaped perfume bottle. Made of dark blue molded glass, it is overall symmetrical in body and has an elegant gold accent underneath the matching octagonal pyramid stopper. Gently tapering upward, underneath the bottle's neck there is a straight geometric band sandwiching a rectangle motif, and the word 'Agnes' carved into the front. Sloping inward in one continuous piece, the neck transitions into a stout cylinder shape with a gold tie around it. Above that is a thin octongal layer, another small, cylindrical division for the continuing gold tie, and finally the bottle's stopper on top. The stopper is the same shape and has the same angled cuts as the pyramid body, just a smaller version.The neck's divisions seem to be for the gold tie's ornamentation and layered tying. The texture of string or even straw, the tie winds tightly around the first cylinder on the neck, and forms a v shape as it transitions into the second cylindrical division. At the end of the tie, along the main pyramid's body, the tie hangs loosely with a spade-shape gold logo. The logo is embossed with curtain ropes and sits underneath a simple wave and leaf design, framing the words [Alleluia d'Amour, Agnes, Paris]. Under the logo, the tie frays and unravels in a neat fan.](https://images.collection.cooperhewitt.org/325316_79a41b5a1189eb41_n.jpg "Object ID #907216363")
- Object ID #907216363
- molded glass.
- Christie Mayer Lefkowith Collection.
- 69.2016.4
- "Spirit Of St. Louis" Perfume Presentation
- flacon: molded glass.
- 69.2016.5
- Object ID #907216357
- flacon: molded glass; sculpture: gilded bronze.
- Christie Mayer Lefkowith Collection.
- 69.2016.2
Its dimensions are
H x W x D: 14.8 x 10.5 x 5 cm (5 13/16 x 4 1/8 x 1 15/16 in.)
Cite this object as
Object ID #18401045; Produced by Guerlain (France); molded glass, enamel; H x W x D: 14.8 x 10.5 x 5 cm (5 13/16 x 4 1/8 x 1 15/16 in.); Gift of Guerlain, Inc.; 1954-33-1-a,b
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s.
