Blue-colored flacon de poche decorated with fleur de lys, hearts and roses

Glasshouse of Bernard Perrot, Verrerie Royale d'Orléans

late 17th–early 18th century · Glass · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

This scent bottle (flacon de poche) was made in the Orléans glasshouse of Bernard Perrot (active from 1649 to 1709), the most famous member of an Italian glassmaking family that probably went to France as followers of Louis Gonzaga. The flacon is an example of one of his inventions, the use of patterned molds with intaglio decoration to cast molten glass into small bottles, beakers, medallions, and vials and then displayed the motifs in relief. Perrot specialized in colored glass, producing agate bodies, imitation porcelain in white glass, and a transparent red glass.

Artist

Glasshouse of Bernard Perrot, Verrerie Royale d'Orléans

Date

late 17th–early 18th century

Medium

Glass

Culture

French, Orléans

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of Joseph G. Reinis, 1996