Scent Bottles Volume 210 - Shire Album

Klappentext Perfume has been used in religious ceremony and also in medicine! for it was believed to have the power to ward off illness. Elaborately chased silver pomanders were carried during times of plague. This book traces the history of the scent bottle from the alabaster containers of ancient Egypt to mass-produced commercial bottles. Zusammenfassung Perfume has been used in religious ceremony and also in medicine! for it was believed to have the power to ward off illness. Elaborately chased silver pomanders were carried during times of plague. This book traces the history of the scent bottle from the alabaster containers of ancient Egypt to mass-produced commercial bottles. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction The earliest scent bottles Scent containers from the medieval to Stuart periods The eighteenth century The nineteenth century The twentieth century Further reading Places to visit

Product details

• Authors: Alexandra Walker, Walker Alexandra
• Publisher: SHIRE
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2002
• EAN: 9780852639092
• ISBN: 978-0-85263-909-2
• No. of pages: 32
• Series: Shire Album S.; Shire Library; Shire Album S.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Antiques; ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES / Porcelain & China, ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES / Glass & Glassware, Antiques & collectables: ceramics & glass