French Crystal Perfume Bottle Pair, Pierced Gilt Brass Mounts, Ball Stoppers

A matched pair of French perfume bottles, clear glass bodies with chamfered corners encased in pierced gilt-brass mounts of foliate scrollwork and beaded borders, topped by ball stoppers with beaded collars. Each bottle has a blank oval cartouche at center, left unengraved as made, ready for a monogram. Mounted scent-bottle pairs like this dressed the Belle Epoque toilette, and the seller dates these c.1890-1910; note, though, that this filigree-over-glass form was produced well into the 20th century, so absent a mark the turn-of-century date is a stylistic estimate. The gilding has largely worn to a copper-brown base metal, with areas of green verdigris. Clear glass given as crystal; unmarked as to maker or country. Sold as a matched pair.