Vinolia Wallflower

What a pretty bottle this is.   A nice floral label of the delightful scented wallflower. The bottle is nicely moulded through the centre with a band of flowers.   Porbably from the 1930s.

Corday Toujour Moi

Toujours Moi - Always Me is the translation for this well known perfume first introduced about 1924.   I believe the design for the bottle was by Lalique but don't quote me.  The bottle measures 9.5cm to the top of the glass stopper and it rests in it's velvet lined box.   I like this very much.   I think this bottle dates from the immediate post war period.

Marc Fael My Jerrycan

A tiny brass jerrycan 4.5cm x 3.5cm in it's original box.  Dating from the late 1940's this is a very cute little bottle and it comes in the original box.

Potter and Moore Bonzo

Bonzo is such a character - I see our own gorgeous little Sam pull these expressions too.   Bonzo is part of a great little collection put out by Potter and Moore.   Ooloo, Bonzo's girlfriend is hiding in here somewhere but there are a couple of others I'm on the lookout for.

Felton Grimwade and Duerdins Australian Lavender Water

The Victorian style printing on the label may make a person think that this bottle is older than it actually is.   The neck label is marked Felton Grimwade and Duerdins.   Felton and Grimwade who were pharmaceutical and manufacturing chemsts didn't amalgamate with Duerdins until 1929.   Around 1940 the firm changed it's name to DHA.   Felton and Grimwade owned the largest bottle maunfacturing factory in Australia which is still operating today.  Another interesting fact about Felton is that when he died in 1904 he left his estate to charity (he was a bachelor) and half was to purchase works of art for the people of Victoria.   Because of this legacy the National Gallery of Victoria holds art works of international significance and the bequest by Alfred Felton has purchased works worth over $1billion today.