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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bercrystal, post: 10919821, member: 88&quot;]I agree with the crowd as to the origin of the bottle. The hardware is Marcel Franck c.1925, but it did not start out with that plastic siphon tube. It would have had a very thin metal siphon tube. They are often bent and/or horribly clogged with old perfume crud. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Plastic siphon tubes were used starting in the early 1950s. </p><p><br /></p><p>The puffer bulb is also a c.1920s model. It appears to be hard &amp; cracked, which is not unusual for 100-year-old rubber. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The hardware is shown on page 63 of &quot;The Perfume Atomizer: An Object with Atmosphere&quot; by Tirza True Latimer. </p><p><br /></p><p>BTW - Neither of the &quot;issues&quot; with this piece would deter a collector, as we usually are not buying bottles to use. We just admire them as small works of art. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie84" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie84" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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