Silver Perfume Salts Bottle By Wedgwood, Charles May, Late 19th Century

This interesting Victorian smelling salts or perfume bottle is made of Wedgwood jasperware on a deep blue ground. It is decorated with two allegorical figures, one with a torch and the other with a helmet, and two ornamental friezes adorn the top and bottom of the bottle. The screw cap is made of repoussé silver with foliate scrolls.

The cap bears the Birmingham hallmarks with a date letter estimated to be 1893, and the CM mark of Charles May, a silversmith renowned for these small, refined bottles.
The porcelain base is impressed with the letters RPG, a three-letter mark varying with month, year, and potter, from the Wedgwood factory, used between 1860 and 1929.

Excellent condition, with a few minor dents on the top of the cap.

Victorian period, circa 1890. Height 6.9 cm, diameter 2.1 cm.
Weight 38 g.