Perfume bottle
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Glentunnel Museum, Canterbury, New Zealand
Glass perfume or scent bottle, with plastic screw cap and label. Labelled 'Vera Violetta de Parma, Antica Casa, Borsari & C, Parma. Borsari is an old Italian perfumery house, officially established by barber Lodovico Borsari in 1897 in Parma. It is a perfumery based on a traditional Parma perfume. Their first fragrance is Violetta de Parma, originally created by monks for the Duchess Maria Luigia (Marie Louise), the second wife of Napoleon Bonaparte. Lodovico Borsari obtained the secret formula for this perfume around 1870 and started to produce it for a broader audience.
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Title
Perfume bottle
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Maker
Borsari
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Organic, glass Organic, paper (label) Inorganic, plastic (cap), h 90 mm; w 15 m
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3 Philip Street, Glentunnel, Canterbury, New Zealand
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