- Object Name:
- Souvenir Perfume Flacon
- Place Made:
- Germany, Bohemia (Czech Republic) or Turkey
- Date:
- 1893
- Medium:
- Glass: painted
- Dimensions:
- 1/2 × 6 1/4 × 1/2 in. (1.3 × 15.9 × 1.3 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Myron Meyers
- Accession Number:
- JM 2-52
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Perfume bottles like this one were sold as souvenirs at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, where Benguiat’s collection was on display. Hadji Benguiat’s name is painted on the side, suggesting that he may have been promoting his antiques business at the fair.
Information may change as a result of ongoing research.