As a general rule, Avon figural bottles should not be purchased in an attempt at an investment. Many people purchased large quantities of these bottles in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, and have now discovered that they have not held their value (or increased in value) as much as they had hoped. Most larger antique malls also will at least a few booths that carry Avon bottles. They are seen in large numbers at many yard sales, flea markets and thrift stores. The oversupply of these bottles has resulted in a “flat” market for a good majority of them. A wide variety of cologne bottles and decanters of every description were made and were sold in large quantities. The “heyday” of the vintage Avon figural bottles might be said to date during the 1965-1980 time frame, although other figurals have been produced since that time.
Contained Tai Winds or Wild Country Aftershave, circa 1973.
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In the case of some of the “car bottles” the name AVON appears on the front of the car, as part of the “grille” or where a license plate would be positioned. Some bottles are marked with the name AVON embossed on the base, with or without an accompanying mold number. Some of these kinds of Avon bottles are unmarked on the base, and originally bore a sticker attached to the bottom of the bottle, with info on the cologne brand name and company name. The car bottles were made in a variety of attractive colors, including sapphire blue, rich emerald green, light golden amber (“topaz”), yellow, gray/smoke, etc. Other bottles often collected along with the cars include boats, ships, train engines and other vehicles. Most of the car bottles date from around 1968 and throughout the 1970s.
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It is likely that the most popular series within the sphere of Avon figural bottles would be their line of glass automobiles, including representations of early classic vehicles as well as various “race car” models. Sometimes the plastic lid is in a contrasting, or complementary color. In many cases, the lid is an integral part of the design/shape of a bottle, often made of plastic, with the color of the plastic being a close approximation of the glass color of the bottle itself. Some of the more popular shapes include figures of people, many types of animals including ducks, eagles, a buffalo, moose, hippo, etc cars, books, clocks, shoes, guns, cannons, horns, telephones, a hammer, bells, a steamboat, keys, steins, pipes, a tennis racket, an Indian chief, and many other designs. Some of the bottles held other cosmetic products including bath oils, lotions, etc. These bottles are often termed, and were sold by Avon as “decanters”. Most of the figurals can be generally grouped as having been made to contain either women’s perfume, or men’s cologne or aftershave. One of the first types was made in the shape of a boot. bottles made after the form of some type of object), these being produced in a very wide variety of shapes. In 1965 Avon began promoting the sale of figural bottles (i.e. In about 1938 he changed the company name again to Avon Products, Inc. One of his most popular fragrances was named “Avon” introduced circa 1929, and, perhaps in part because of the strong popularity of that perfume, customers began asking for his line of products under the name “Avon”. In 1930 the company was renamed Allied Products. Sales rapidly increased, and a new plant was eventually built in Suffern, New York circa 1894. McConnell hired women (including many who were housewives) to sell his perfumes door to door. His business was originally based in New York City.
Soon, however, interest in the perfumes outpaced that of his books, and eventually McConnell began to manufacture perfumes and sell them under the firm name California Perfume Company ( 1892 ).
McConnell, a book salesman, began giving away small vials of perfume to customers in an attempt to increase interest and sales of his books. VINTAGE GLASS AVON BOTTLES CALIFORNIA PERFUME COMPANYĪVON‘s beginnings date back to 1886 when David H.
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