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| #5482031 in Books | 2002-03-04 | 2008-03-04 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.27 x.14 x5.84l,.17 | File type: PDF | 32 pages||6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.| Just a folder !|By Kira|This little pamphlet was nothing more than a small folder! It was part of a large group that you buy monthly in packets for a set price and then place in a file box. No more than a pamphlet if you want to get technical. It was 32 pages long and honestly pretty simple. The information is dated and the photos are not very good. On a scale of 1-10, I give i|About the Author|Alexandra Walker has worked at the Harris Museum and Art Gallery in Preston since 1975. Her interest in scent bottles developed from working with the collection of over 2700 examples in the Mrs French bequest to the museum.
This book traces the history of the scent bottle from the alabaster containers of ancient Egypt to mass-produced commercial bottles. Perfume has been used in religious ceremony and also in medicine, for it was believed to have the power to ward off illness. Elaborately chased silver pomanders were carried during times of plague. The frivolity and luxury of scent were reflected in eighteenth-century 'toys', bottles in the form of fruit and figures in porcelain or enamel. ...
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