I found this in my grandmothers house, it's a Bakelite case for the Bourjois perfume from the 1930's. Bakelite was the first form of plastic, and lots of jewellery and household objects were made from it. The Baekeland family were really interesting but quite dysfunctional if you've seen the film Savage Grace or read about the beautiful Barbara Baekeland you'll know what I mean!
The perfume itself was introduced in 1929 and contains jasmine, Ylang Ylang, turkish rose, violet, peach, cedar, vanilla, musk and bergamot notes. Unfortunately, the perfume bottle is missing, my mother informed me that she broke it as a child. (She also broke a Mont Blanc pen of my Grandfathers so I'm doubly gutted.) It's not worth more than £70 (£150 with the bottle), so it's much more of a keepsake and lovely vintage beauty item.
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