A 5 3/4\" tall cylinder-shaped beautiful EMERALD GREEN colored antique PALMER PERFUME bottle. This bottle comes with ORIGINAL BRASS shaker top with a little CROWN on it. This bottle is a very early hand Blown Into Mold bottle (BIM) with a tooled top, dating back OVER 100 YEARS old!
This is NOT the most common bottle that Palmer put out AND it is one of the more fancier. Note it still has the original brass CROWN shaped shaker stopper that still is corked into the bottle. You can lightly make out the words \"SOLON PALMER PERFUME\" embossed on it but it is fairly corroded. This perfume company of old put up a lot of different cosmetic products in fancy containers. This is one of them, a super nice looking antique PERFUME bottle. Solon Palmer, founder of this company, became one of the most successful perfumers in America, and was probably the first to engage in the manufacture of perfumes on a commercial scale, with the height of popularity coming in the 1890-1920\'s time period. He was born in New Hampshire on February 23, 1823. Growing to adulthood, he moved west to Cincinnati Ohio where in June of 1847, he opened his first perfume shop at 8 West 4th Street. Business was good, and he moved several years later to 169 Main street where he occupied a 3 story building. Solon Palmer sought an even larger market, and in 1871 he moved the business to New York City. Due to continued success, the company moved again in NYC to larger quarters at 376 Pearl Street, occupying a store and basement, each having an area of 50x100 feet and being fitted with all of the necessary cosmetic products to suit an ever growing American populace. Palmer carried a heavy and complete general stock, and gave employment to a number of hands, to manufacture and handle it. He had up to sixteen traveling salesmen in early twentieth century America, who were constantly on the road. As a result, Palmer\'s goods could be be found on the counters and shelves of every leading drug and fancy goods store in every city and town of importance in this country. Palmer\'s soaps and perfumes were manufactured by him in all odors, and put up in all styles from the plain clear glass little vials, to elaborate and fancy cut and colored apothecary display bottles. As early as the 1870\'s, Solon\'s son Eddy had begun to work in the business, and in 1892, Solon made his son a full business partner. Founder Solon Palmer passed away at his home on 622 West End Avenue on January 19, 1903. Eddy Palmer continued to grow the business, and it was during the time period of 1890-1920, that most the attractive PALMER\'S bottles were made (LIKE THIS ONE) the ones that the bottle collectors of today collect. In 1934, Eddy Palmer passed away and control of the business went to his sons, Lubin and Solon. The company continued in business through the 1940\'s, but gradually lost market share and, from what little can be found, went out of business in the early 1960\'s. This little bottle is one of the very few tangible things left behind that testify to this once thriving cosmetic dynasty,check it out!
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