Round Otto of Rose perfume bottle
Object No. D3266-1
Perfume container (1 of 2), Otto of Rose, copper / paper / cork / rose oil residue, maker unknown, Turkey, used by perfume company Piesse and Lubin, London, England, date unknown
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Physical Description
Round hammered copper flask with small spout and cork stopper. Records housed in the Economic Botany Department at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, London, state that the object is a "Copper flask in which 113 ounces of Turkish Otto of Rose valued at 169 pounds 10 shillings was imported. Second flask No. 632 in wadding." Acquired by the Museum of Applied Arts and Science in 1893 from the Museum of Economic Botany - Kew, London
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Acquisition Date
7 August 1893
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