Featured Small blowing perfume bottle, breveté SGDG.

Hi all!

I found this, according to the listing: "Antique Unusual French Double end Chatelaine Bottle BREVET S.G.D.G Holy Water ? An interesting item with prayer hands and a figure on the other side. Approximate 60mm and weight 17 grams. Not 100% sure what this is intended for."

The image of the angel on one side gives the clue for its use!

After some struggling to open the shorter end, and some alcohol inside bath, I was able to try it (with simple water).

It effectively spray
You just have to adjust your blow and not fill it full.

Though not convenient to perfume yourself behind your ears

Searching didn't gave any result for similar...
Perhaps it wasn't a commercial success, people seems to not like being sprayed like a bug in society?

 

A total mystery. Maybe to spray Holy Water on the faithful?

Perfume spray for elephants? They can reach their ears easily.

That would be an issue.

 

Well THAT's not something I've ever seen before either!
I only see one hand, are you actually seeing two?
It looks more like a single hand holding a jar of spice (or scent).

 

Is this a pearl in the circle?

Is this a signature near the arrow?

 

A pearl in flower petals? Hard to tell, it's lovely though.
Also, I can see SOMETHING that the hand is resting on, between the thumb and forefingers, but this does not look like a second hand behind it to me.

xo threadzilla

 

How charming!!!!

 

Is this the same one? (Don't think so; missing pearl.)

Debora

 

Yes, only one hand! The angel on other side is blowing in a same shaped bottle, letting a mist out.

 

I added the pearl that was obviously missing
Nothing where you put the red arrow, it is only a metal blob! Same under the hand

 

YES! That is this one, from the Ebay listing

Of course, I kyratised it with a replacement pearl

 

eBay seller obviously didn't have a clue. Why else put patent information in heading?

Debora

 

@kyratango is that a siggy at the pointy end of red arrow?

 

I should have known you put the pearl in yourself!

 

It looks like the hand is holding a gold brick.

 

Uh, no... only a not so well defined stamping

 

Slight difference, I think.

 

"Nothing where you put the red arrow, it is only a metal blob! Same under the hand" --well bummer! Seems what ever the hand is holding that has a flower for decoration could give us a better clue than that! Fooey!

 

..This too shall pass! Actually, I've never even seen a gold brick, and never seen one depicted in red color!
I'd have thought it more the size of the ingot looking thing half hidden under the hand!