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I need someone on Etsy to be making these.
They ‘open’ by snapping off the tail. Might be considered a bit of a safety hazard anymore.
They’re beautiful.
I wonder how these were made without damaging the highly volatile perfume. Probably filling the nearly complete (and cold) bottle, then quickly sealing the last open end, I guess.
Here it says:
Sealed since its manufacture, containing the remains of balsam and the liquid in which it was once suspended. The vessel would be blown and filled through either the open tail or beak, which would then be reheated to seal it.
The tail is very long and thin, and glass is a poor conductor of heat. That’s probably exactly what they did.
