Crystal Perfume Bottle From The Manufacture De La Reine Transferred From Sèvres To Creusot

The Creusot crystal factory was originally created at the request of Queen Marie Antoinette and was first installed in Sèvres to compete with English crystal, then transferred to Creusot for reasons of lower cost of raw materials (earth coal and sand) in order to compete with English crystals and no longer depend on English imports for the supply of crystal production interrupted during the revolution resumed around 1800 and was at its peak between, say, 1830-1838 date of its closure and purchase by Baccarat and Saint Louis who also transferred the moulds Of manufacturing and some master glassmakers thus continuing the manufacture of its high quality objects.

Our very typical bottle of the Creusot production (same model at the Musée de la verrerie, at the Château de la verrerie in Creusot,) has a very very light veil due to the ageing of the crystal.