Perfume sachet
Yardley & Co.
Category
Textiles
Date
Unknown
Materials
paper & satin
Place of origin
New Bond Street
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 291803.11
Summary
One perfume sachet from a collection inside a square card box with a fashionable late 19th Century lady printed on the lid (D/983) containing 11 perfumed sachets. a) A blue satin sachet printed in gold 'Azures/L.T.Piver/Paris' b) a paper sachet with art nouveau designed cover printed 'Sachet Azures L.T.Piver,Paris', c) Small yellow cloth sachet printed 'April Violet/Yardley, 8 New Bond St. London'. d) A red satin sachet printed 'Oakleaf Geranium Morny'. e) A purple satin sachet printed 'Wood Violet/E.R.Bigglesby/Canterbury'.f) A white satin sachet printed 'White Lilac'.g) A pink satin sachet with label of paper 'Sweet Pea Blossom'. h) Pale green sachet with white writing 'Muguet/Morny'. i) A yellow satin sachet printed 'Lily of the Valley'. j) A home-made blue sachet painted with a holly wreath. k) Yellow sachet printed 'April Violet/Yardley' with its original paper cover.
Marks and inscriptions
April Violet/Yardley
Makers and roles
Yardley & Co., manufacturer