This guide will introduce you into the world of Shalimarperfume. Below you will learn about what scents make up the perfume, the different perfume bottles that housed Shalimar throughout the years, how to date...
This is the second half of my guide entitled Vintage Guerlain Perfumes. In this guide I will illustrate the various commonly found perfume bottles used by Guerlain and how you can date them more...
JAPANESE KANZASHI HAIR ACCESSORIES.I am not an expert on Japanese hair combs nor do I read Japanese! However I have traded some very beautiful examples in the six years I have been selling on eBay and have...
In this guide, I will introduce you to the wonderful world of commercial perfume bottles made up of black glass. These elegant beauties were produced mainly during the 1920s most have Art Deco influences. Why...
In this, the second of my guides to the combs and hair accessories of the Art Deco period, I examine some of the more exotic influences which contributed to the development of the style. In particular the...
This fourth in my series of guides on the combs and hair accessories of the Art Deco period looks in greater detail at some of the definitive design motifs and decorative effects found. It does not aspire to...
The Fashion Background.In this guide I will be looking at the hair accessories which were popular in the 1970s. It is not easy to define 1970s fashion. From its early romantic hippy ethos to its later angry...
By Anthony Christian PEARL'S HOUSE of GLASS http://stores.ebay.com/Pearls-House-of-Glass People Collect Old bottles for many reasons. They are a part of History. To own a bottle that someone used and held...
INTRODUCTION: This is the third guide in my series on Hawaiian Carved Wood Bottles. The first guide described the development of the industry in Hawaii; the second was more of a biography of John Oya...
Just before the turn of the century, perfume companies began marketing perfumes, cosmetics and powder boxes with ancient Egyptian themes. These little luxuries were one way for the average woman to bring some...