Antique bottle with a perfume that was bought by and for upper-class (British) ladies who could afford a trip to Egypt. Shem El Nessim means sigh of the wind. The bottle is still about half full and was produced by the English Grossmith & son
In this antique bottle an essence of opoponax was kept, this is a balm from a tree from which essential oil was made, which was used in perfumes, liqueurs and incense.
The cream-colored box offers space for three beautiful perfume bottles with gold-colored decorations. The bottles are in good condition, the box clearly shows that the lady used this set of bottles frequently.
Beautifully crafted silver caps with the letter J engraved, adorn the glass bottles. At the end of the 19th century, these antique glass bottles were on the ladies' dressing table containing various liniments and scented waters or perfumes. The antique bottles are in good condition and the silver caps marked in London in 1892 are also in good condition, one of the caps has a small dent.
This square antique long perfume bottle used to adorn a lady's dressing table in the early 1900s. The bottle is beautifully clear and is closed with a small glass stopper and further capped with a silver cap marked with the London sign and the year 1902. Some small dents in the cap.