Old perfume bottle

[jtw1313]

Not to sure there is much info on this bottle. Queen Florida water french Richards & co Philadelphia

 

[masterjedi]

Looks pre 1870's by the pics... can you show a pic of the bottom of the bottle?

 

[jtw1313]

Here is the bottom

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[Sentrom]

Founded in 1844 as French & Richards later changed its name to French, Richards & Co. and in January 1883 changed the name once again to Samuel H. French & Co. In 1891 the company was purchased by Smith, Kline and Company and changed the name to Smith, Kline & French Co.

French, Richards & Co was located at York Avenue, Fourth and Callowhill Streets in Philidelphia. The company sold Paints, Plasters, Cements and Builders' Supplies.

 

[Sentrom]

Florida Water is a perfumed spirit. Florida Water’s main scent components were usually lavender and bergamot.

Florida Water is made by dissolving the essential oils in alcohol.

Your bottle looks like one produced by Charles Yockel of Philadelphia. But that is hard to say because I really am not into bottles.

 

[Sentrom]

CHECKLIST OF FLORIDA WATER PRODUCERS (Moss 1968:42): Baker’s (Portland) Byrne, Prof. Geo. J. (New York) Calidad Superior Mexico Canobbio Sucr. (Mazatlan) Century Perfume Co. (Paris, New York) Coffin-Redington Co. (San Francisco) Colgate (label) Crane and Brigham (San Francisco) Dabrooks ’ s De Leon’s EVM (San Francisco) Eastman’s Franco American Perfumery Co. (San Francisco) French Richards and Co. (Philadelphia) Garwood’s (Philadelphia) Gautier Freres Girl Brand Kwong Sang Hong (Hong Kong) Goldstein’s, Wm. IXL H. A. Perfume Co. (San Francisco, Shanghai) Heath Wynkoop (New York) Henshaw, Edmands and Co. (Boston) Hughes, Benj. L. (Jacksonville, Florida) Langley and Michaels (San Francisco) Lazell Dalley and Co. (New York) Lundborg ’ s Mack and Co. (San Francisco) Merten Moffett and Co. (San Francisco) Michelson, H. (St. Thomas, West Indies) Murray and Lanman (New York) Owl Drug Co. (San Francisco) Perfection Price’s, Dr. Raymond and Co. (New York) Redington and Co. (San Francisco) Rigaud and Cie (Paris) Rust, Wm. (New York) Selick Solon Palmer’s (New York) Spiehler, Adolph (Rochester, N.Y .) Standard Perf’y Works (New York) Taylor, John and Co. (Toronto) Thurber, H. K. and F. B., Co. (New York) Vala Des y Cia Successores Mexico Vennard and Company (New York) S. H. Wetmore Co. (New York)

 

[trdking]

Looks like a Bitters bottle? Is it small?

 

[jtw1313]

Yes it's small only about 6 or 7 inches

 

[masterjedi]

Approx 1870 by the way the lip is applied and the bottom has no Pontil... great find...