19th C. Murray &. Lanman Florida Water Bottle with Original Silver Painted Neck egg shaped box which is just right

which is just right

which makes them even rarer

) of Boston— this one begun on November 23

This drawing (along with several others I've had int he shop) came from a sketchbook of drawings by Helen Malta from the 1930s or so

with the horsehair woven through what seems likely to be linen cloth (visible just above the scalloped edge of the pink cloth)

19th C. Murray &. Lanman Florida Water Bottle with Original Silver Painted Neck egg shaped box which is just rightI just though this was a great looking bottle, for its pale aqua color and proportions and embossed text but especially for its silvery neck, which, from what I've found, was a type of paint used on early versions of this bottle, and which it is pretty rare to find example. Florida Water, developed in the 1830s or so, was a commercially prepared water blending floral essential oils in a water alcohol base, with its name referring to the fabled