Historical information

Atomiser tube and attachment head for a perfume bottle. Atomizers, which vaporised liquid into fine droplets using air, were first used in the medical field around c. 1859. By the late 1870s, French perfume makers were using vaporizers to scent the air in their sales booths.

Significance

This item is part of a collection that represent the urban development occurring in the Warrnambool.

Physical description

Container brass for perfume bottle. Ribbed cylinder with screw lid. Blue and white stones inlaid on top.