127 - "Pompeia" Gift Box and Bottle, with Scented Card

"Pompeia" Gift Box and Bottle, with Scented Card L.T. PIVER, Paris - "Pompeia" (1907) - Bottle in its gift box, with its scented card A major success for the House of Piver, inspired by the rediscovery of Antiquity. The scalloped box, with a curved top, is made of cardboard covered with polychrome paper printed with an antique-style design: a young woman draped in the Pompeian style, holding roses in a fold of her veil, set within an architectural frame featuring columns, rosettes, and friezes, against a background of yellow, Pompeian red, and blue. The sides are adorned with garlands of flowering laurel. It is labeled “Parfum Pompeïa - L.T. Piver - Paris.” On the back is the original price, “12.50,” written by hand. 14 × 6 × 4.5 cm. The carafe-shaped bottle, made of colorless press-molded glass with a rectangular cross-section and grooved sides, is topped with a faceted frosted glass stopper. It features a “L.T. Piver” band around the neck and a polychrome label with the same design as the box. 11.5 × 3.5 × 4 cm. It comes with its original scented card, “Scented Card with Pompeïa - L.T. Piver - Paris,” illustrated with the Pompeïa product line. Bottle is empty; there is a small chip at the top of the box.