NINETY YEAR OLD 1932 HENRY PERKINS & SONS CUT GLASS SCENT BOTTLE WITH STERLING SILVER COLLAR

AN OLD 1932 CUT GLASS SCENT BOTTLE WITH A HENRY PERKINS AND SONS STERLING SILVER (WALKING LION PASSANT) COLLAR. THE SILVER COLLAR MOUNT IS INSCRIBED LEILA.

THE CUT GLASS HAS A OVOID BODY WITH CUT CRISS-CROSS DIAMOND, STARBURST AND THUMBNAIL MOTIFS ON A CLEAR CIRCULAR BASE.

THE PIECE ALSO HAS ITS INTERNAL CUT GLASS STOPPER WHICH IS RARE AS THESE NORMALLY GET BROKEN OR LOST.

This would have been part of a larger pre World War 2 era travel case which would have had several types of silver and glass bottles and containers.
 
Hallmarks: The silver lid is fully hallmarked with the Lion Passant symbol for Sterling silver purity, the Leopard's Head mark of the London Assay Office and the date letter 'o' for the year 1909 and the makers mark of 'HP & Ss' for Henry Perkins and Sons who were listed as silver mounters at Tottenham Court Road, West London.
 
MARKINGS:
HPSs IN A OBLONG EXAGON - HENRY PERKINS AND SONS
WALKING LION PASSANT - THE WALKING LION FOR ALL STERLING SILVER MADE IN ENGLAND
LEOPARD TOWN MARK: LONDON
r DATE MARK: FOR LONDON IT IS 1932 MAKING IT AN KING GEORGE V ITEM (King of the United Kingdom from 1910 1936)
 
SIZE: 6CM DIAMETER 13CM HIGH
COMBINED WEIGHT 278G (GLASS; SILVER COLLAR, STOPPER)
 
CONDITION: DENTS AND IMPERFECTIONS TO SILVER COLLAR. SMALL BOTTOM CHIP TO INTERNAL GLASS STOPPER.
 
HENRY PERKINS AND SONS (1900-1930):
Henry Perkins & Sons was founded around 1900. The firm was based in London's Tottenham Court Road and specialised in silver mounted glass for ladies and smoking related items for gentlemen. They ceased trading in the early 1930s.
 
PLEASE ALSO SEE MY OTHER ITEMS LISTED. I HAVE VARIOUS OTHER STERLING SILVER AND SILVER PLATED ITEMS ON AUCTION THIS WEEK. INCLUDING A MAPPIN AND WEB 190G STERLING SILVER LIDDED GLASS BISCUIT BOWL AND A WMF TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE SET IN WONDERFUL CONDITION. ALSO THREE OTHER ANTIQUE PERFUME BOTTLES WITH STERLING SILVER COLLARS.
 
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