Museum object · Accessories and Personal Effects
Perfume bottle and lid from Mae's Millinery Shop
1941-1994
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A clear glass perfume bottle (a) and gold colored metal lid (b). The bottle is bulbous in shape, made from glass molded in a design of hash marks. The top of the bottle has a push spray mechanism protruding from a gold colored metal top. The lid of the bottle is an elongated cylinder shape, with the initials JL in relief on the top of the lid.
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Sources & collection details
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture — original record ↗
Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13
Catalog reference: 2010.6.109ab
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