Lalique Perfume Bottle

Q:  My wife’s estate included a one-liter Lalique perfume bottle that has two birds on the stopper. It is 9 inches tall and 6 inches wide and is still filled with perfume. Can you give me a value?

A: The perfume bottle was designed in 1947 by Marc Lalique for Nina Ricci’s fragrance “L’Air du Temps.” The clear glass bottle has fluted sides and a frosted stopper with the fragrance’s iconic figural doves in flight. This 9-inch bottle is a “factice,” a store display bottle. A few L’Air du Temps perfume bottles the size of yours have sold at auction for $200 to over $500.