Antique French Gilt Brass Vanity Set, Belle Epoque, Three Piece, Made in France

A three-piece French gilt-brass and glass vanity set comprising a perfume bottle with faceted stopper, a perfume atomizer, and a covered powder jar, all in matching mounts of acanthus scrollwork appliqué over engraved foliate banding. The atomizer mount is stamped MADE IN FRANCE, which places the set after 1891, when French export goods began carrying English-language country-of-origin marks; the body glass is plain and clear rather than cut crystal. The set is complete and matched, an uncommon survival, and the atomizer keeps its original silk-net bulb cover. Gilt-brass-mounted dressing-table sets like this were a staple of the Belle Epoque toilette. The atomizer bulb is dried, so that piece is decorative rather than working.