CLEOPATRA'S BOUDOIR

Hello, in this guide I will show you the various new reproduction perfume bottles that are sometimes unfortunately being passed off as antique. I am sure that I will find many and this guide might be in several parts to showcase as many bottles as I can locate. I will note the manufacturers whenever possible. This guide is devoted to the perfume bottles by Silvestri. As I understand it, Silvestri started selling reproduction antique perfume bottles in 1985.The bottles were made in Taiwan for Silvestri. Sometimes you will find the bottles and their original boxes, but alot of the time, you will just find the bottle. Silvestri is a tradename used by the company Syratech.

Syratech Corporation (the 'Company") designs, manufactures, imports and markets
a diverse portfolio of tabletop, giftware and products for home entertaining and
decoration. The Company is one of the leading domestic manufacturers and
marketers of sterling silver flatware and sterling silver and silver-plated
hollowware. The Company also offers a number of other complementary tabletop,
giftware and products for home decoration including stainless steel flatware,
picture frames, photo albums, photo storage, glassware, crystal, ceramics, lawn
and garden and seasonal decorations and ornaments, lighting, and small
furnishings.

The Company sell its products through a broad array of distribution channels, including retail
specialty stores, department stores, specialty mail order catalogue companies,
mass market merchandisers, warehouse clubs, premium and incentive marketers,
drug store chains, supermarkets and home centers. The Company markets its
products under numerous and well-recognized tradenames including the Company owned Towle Silversmiths, International Silver Company and Silvestri, SpodeTM, and Vera Wang.

The Company's products in this category are imported from the Company's third-party vendors located primarily in the Asia Pacific Rim. The channels of distribution for these products include mass-market merchandisers, department stores, warehouse clubs and specialty stores.

The perfume bottle shown below is a reproduction of an antique bottle. This is their "Sarah" bottle and features a draped nude amongst flowers and is made of pink glass or clear glass. The original antique bottle is clear glass and has an applied pink patina over very satiny smooth frosted molded designs, the molding is also very crisp, whereas the reproduction is blurry and the frosted areas are very rough looking.

Below is a repro of LT Piver's Rocroy bottle from 1927. It comes in clear glass or cobalt glass, both with gilt or silver enamel trim.

Below is a reproduction of an early bottle by Baccarat for D'Orsay's Meggy perfume  . The original bottle is clear & frosted glass, paintakingly molded with floral decoration which then had applied rose colored patina to the frosted areas.the reproduction bottle is clear glass,cobalt or pink glass with molded decoration,sometimes the molded areas are given a silver enamel finish, note that the molding is not crisp.

Both bottles are marked on the bottom Handcrafted for Silvestri. Made in Taiwan ROC

Pictures will be added soon