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Antiques! => Antique Questions Forum => Topic started by: debbie on January 29, 2013, 08:29:46 PM
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I can only read some of the bottle, not all but what I can read is; First created in 1836, the bottom of the bottle says (Esprit DE Valdemar) on the sides of the bottle it tells a story where it was created/made and the cap has a lady dressed in the old style dress with puffy stuff underneath and a bonnet on. On one side of the bottle I can read; Mavelous kings roses which grow only around the 800 year old castle of Vordingborg. The bottle is hand signed in red with pretty fancy writing.
I found this in a box of items that was donated to us after our house fire in 1977 and I have had it around every since. Just wondering if anyone knows the history of the bottle and if there is a story about the castle?
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Puffy stuff !! You mean petticoats ?? To make the skirt full ?? Haven`t seen the pic yet !!
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Puffy stuff !! You mean petticoats ?? To make the skirt full ?? Haven`t seen the pic yet !!
Mart, third pic on the cap......definitely petticoats ;)
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It could be petticoat - I thought it was that wire stuff or crinlin with a corsett type undergarment. :D
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I guess petticoat and crinoline sort of melded for me........all I know is the ones I was forced to wear (way back when) were sheer torture. Whatever the heck it was that made those old, floor length skirts 'poof' :D
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So far any reference I can come up with using the name linked with Denmark are ....you guessed it......NOT in English. Did find a picture of a couple of bottles matching but they were in someone's photo album with no information posted.
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You could try the Antique Bottle Forum. Pop the picture up and they will tell you info.
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Found pics of more bottles with a notation in danish "Smells of the past"
http://www.flickr.com/photos/maddecat/2049848675/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/maddecat/2049848675/)
This ones notes this particular bottle is from 1939
http://www.museum-online.dk/proevesamlingen/genst_data.asp?Nr=02204X00006483 (http://www.museum-online.dk/proevesamlingen/genst_data.asp?Nr=02204X00006483)
and notes on this one translated into English are: "ESPRIT DE VALDEMAR" - bottle, 72 cl. 6-angular mouthpiece to plug and round bundopstikning. Produced at Holmegaard Glassworks. Vertical indskr. "ESPRIT DE / VALDEMAR". The bottle bears the original label with goosetower and text: "ESPRIT DE VALDEMAR - Produced since 1836" over the image of the ruins and below the picture: "AKTIESELSKABET M. AARSLEFF & Co.. VORDINGBORG - COPENHAGEN".
Vertical text on the left and right sides of the picture: "Fabricationen of" Esprit de Valdemar "has inventor, Apotheker in Vordingborg M. Aarsleff's death, been taken care of by family Aarsleff until in 1932 overdroges to Aktieselskabet M. Aarsleff & Co.. As one is in possession of the original Prescription for genuine and unadulterated Esprit de Valdemar ".
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I guess petticoat and crinoline sort of melded for me........all I know is the ones I was forced to wear (way back when) were sheer torture. Whatever the heck it was that made those old, floor length skirts 'poof' :D
You too Sapphire ?? Hated those things !! Mine were netting that was stiff and scratched !!
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http://www.hardernet.dk/Bottles/Esprit_de_Valdemar_flasker-HG_1853.htm (http://www.hardernet.dk/Bottles/Esprit_de_Valdemar_flasker-HG_1853.htm)
Gives dimensions and dates so you can compare your bottle
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Nice find Ipcress! ;)