Help needed: Orne Jons? Orme Jones? Perfume bottles? It's all Greek to me.

[spqrblues]

Update: Mystery solved. The secret word is "Orrefors."

Update #2: The cat and I confessed, and it was all very Guy de Maupassant. Anyway, the bottle will be stored safely away with the other fragile inherited family items until its stopper arrives.



Sort of like this, but a lot prettier -->

I started the morning by accidentally smashing the stopper of an antique crystal perfume bottle belonging to my mother, out of my own complete stupidity (a cat is perfectly capable of jumping down from a high shelf full of glass objects on her own, she did not need my help). The perfume bottle was originally my mother's mother's or an older sister's, I'm not sure, but in any case, it's old, a heavy crystal that smashed quite thoroughly when it hit the tile floor slightly ahead of the cat, who easily glided over it. There are words in script engraved on the bottom--maybe Orne Jons or Orme Jones. I'm hoping to replace the stopper so I can hide my despicable crime, or maybe find another bottle just like it, but thegoogle isn't providing leads to any bottles that look like this one or a perfume manufacturer with a name like that. The person who can provide a definitive way to replace the bottle or the stopper with a match from the same company will receive in gratitude... umm, I don't have much to offer... the original 11x17 page of art for whenever I finally get this volcano exploded. But please don't tell my mother.

I'll repost this entry with an image of the bottle soon-ish. I just had to put the initial plea out there, or I'd completely snap from this additional straw of stress. I'd search the Manhattan antique mall and any shops that are open today, but I have to get to a convention for work (BEA--Book Expo America).

Something fragile and beautiful survives half a century or more, and I smash it in a second because I make the wrong choice (grab bottle or grab cat?). Also, I think I just took a bath in a tub full of tiny shards of crystal, because I'm bad at cleaning a crime scene, too, apparently.

Oh, yeah, also: the buttons arrived. The folks who made them do great work, but I should refine the designs. I'll post pictures of the pins soon, too.

Comments

[metonymy.livejournal.com]

You may want to check the boards at Makeup Alley; I'd bet some folks there would at least have an idea of who made the bottle or the perfume and could possibly point you in the right direction.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_w_o_o_d_/]

You know, there also is the possibility of blaming the cat. People have been doing this for centuries.

[kyleen66.livejournal.com]

http://antiques.shop.ebay.com/items/Perfume-Bottles__W0QQ_armrsZ1QQ_mdoZAntiquesQQ_msppZQQ_pcatsZ63538Q2c20086Q2c20081QQ_sacatZ63542

Maybe you'll see something there that looks like it?

I'd also take the bottle to an antique dealer and see if they have any help or guidance for you!

Sorry!

[(Anonymous)]

It's probably stupid of me to say so, but are you sure "Orme Jones" or whatever is a label's name, and not the name of the original buyer? If so, it's logical Google wouldn't give you any information, since it wouldn't be a label but an individual's name.
Sorry I can't give you advice =S I was going to suggest eBay, but I see somebody else did, so all I can offer is sympathy.
Oh, and blaiming the cat is a VERY good option, but only if you know you won't be remorseful later.
Good luck with finding a replacement, though.

Nemo

[ndgmtlcd.livejournal.com]

On a more constructive note than suggesting an ursine purchase, let me ask you what is the circumference of the opening that the broken stopper used to plug? What's the size of the bottle?

[http://users.livejournal.com/_w_o_o_d_/]

So it was "Orrefors" ? Well at least you had a few good letters.

They seem to be quite famous, although I'd never heard about them (but I don't know the first thing about crystals. Seen a lot of them when I visited Prague, but that was it).

[http://users.livejournal.com/_w_o_o_d_/]

OF COURSE th thing to do was to google "list of crystal manufacturers" and check the ones who began by an O. Why do I only think of that now ?

[texascarl.livejournal.com]

Fortunately ah keep my feathahs numbahed, for just such an emergency.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm glad you found a replacement and everything went (relatively) well with your mom n.n Now I'm more concerned about the "bathing in a tub full of crystal shards" thing. You OK, or some nasty scratchs appeared out of nowhere?? >__<

Also, please post pics of the bottle and the stopper when you finally get it! I got really curious about them =)

Nemo

No Joy in Herculaneum?

[(Anonymous)]

Boo hoo, no story with pictures in almost a month. What's a poor Roman slave-lad to do? DRW

[bluerocean.livejournal.com]

That is a pretty bottle! If it makes you feel better, dear, I lost a sapphire of my great-grandmother's that my mother gave me for my birthday under very stupid circumstances. That was nine years ago and the guilt is still quite fresh.

Anyway, I love SPQR Blues and found my way here from there. I see you share a birthday with, as well as E.A. Poe and Janis Joplin, my mother.

[(Anonymous)]

We miss you and your crazy Roman people ;__; Life isn't the same without naked Romans falling off windows and the likes.
But anyway, if it's RL issues, we'll wait patiently *sits and waits* And I hope whatever's keeping you from drawing/posting/etc gets solved quickly n__n

Nemo

[ajodasso.livejournal.com]

Oh, goodness - it sounds like the bottle was beautiful! Here's hoping you solve the problem swiftly *hugs*

[texascarl.livejournal.com]

Be well.

you want breakage guilt?

[(Anonymous)]

I didn't hold up my end of a half meter telescope mirror. it bobbled, hit the edge of the mirror cell and took out a chip the size of a quarter and a dime off of the face of the mirror.

fuck.

it was almost 10 years ago, the mirror belonged to a friend of mine and the hurt is starting to fade. to show what kind of friends we are, we still are good friends even though he moved to estonia (for reasons other than the mirror)

[(Anonymous)]

Boom?

Should we send a search party? I know a team four lads who are good at that sort of thing ... though they tentd to cause a bit of disturbance wherever they go. Should I send just the archaeologist?

Hope all is well and you're just having such a wonderful time you forgot to drop us a line.

-LRDC Karen

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[(Anonymous)]

This isn't an un-announced hiatus, it's a Sopranos-style abrupt conclusion. Good series.

;)

[meilin-miranda.livejournal.com]

Love you, Klio, and hope you come back to us soon. I miss my Romans.

[elf-friend2000.livejournal.com]

Seconding all the good thoughts and love, because one can never have too many good thoughts or love coming one's way.

Fish Sauce

[(Anonymous)]

Heads up everybody! Here's an article from BBC news concerning recent Roman ship finds... contents of ships? Among other thing is.... wait for it.... FISH SAUCE! Yes, it's true, the fish sauce business survived Vesuvius' eruption. In case you doubted it. DRW

Is it dead Jim?

[(Anonymous)]

So...is this comic officially gone? I mean I'm hoping the author is alright and all (i think thats er on twitter), but I'm guessing whatevver it was that got in this comic's way just killed it?
~Crazy

Vespasian Birthplace: Roman Emperor's 2000-Year-Old Villa Unearthed Near Cittareale

[(Anonymous)]

Vespasian Birthplace: Roman Emperor's 2000-Year-Old Villa Unearthed Near Cittareale

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/07/vespasian-birthplace-roma_n_254188.html

Hope to see it this year, if the dig is open to the public!

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