Vial

Object Name:

Vial

Object ID:

1992.047.19

Place of Origin:

New York, NY

Date:

circa 1915

Description:

Four perfume samples, from millinery shop of Richard Codaire (1863-1930), Manchester, NH. Four glass vials, three of which remain in their sealed paper envelopes. Small cylindrical vial with printed paper label: "TO DUPLICATE / THIS ODOR / ASK FOR / GOETTING'S / JAPAN / GOETTING & CO. / NEW YORK". Cork stopper. Contents evaporated. With printed card: "THE ENCLOSED IS A SAMPLE OF THE POPULAR PERFUME / JAPAN, MADE BY GOETTING & CO., OF NEW YORK. / JAPAN IS THE MOST PERFECTLY BLENDED PERFUME. IT IS / SWEET, PENETRATING, AND EXTREMELY LASTING. NO FINER OR / BETTER PERFUME IS MADE ANYWHERE IN AMERICA OR EUROPE / COMPLIMENTS OF / R. CODAIRE CO., / 30 BRIDGE STREET MANCHESTER, N. H."

Material:

Glass
Paper

Dimensions:

L-2.1 Dia-0.25 inches

Provenance:

Richard Codaire (1863-1930) was born in Abbotsford, Quebec, and became a naturalized US citizen in Holyoke, MA, in 1888. He moved to Manchester, NH, by 1890, and married Gertrude E. Morse Robie (1874-1968) in Nashua in 1892. The couple lived in Manchester and had four children. Richard operated a millinery shop. The Codaire family lived at 85 Walnut Street (1896-1897), then 235 Lowell Street (1898-1900), 223 Lowell (1901-1910), and back to 85 Walnut (1911-1930). The millinery shop was at 33 Hanover Street, (1896-1910), then 30 Bridge Street (1913-1915) and 102 Hanover Street (1917-1921). The collection belonged to Richard Codaire's daughter, Margaret Sproul-Bolton (1903-1994). She was the great aunt of the donor, Beverly Galante.

Credit Line:

Gift of Beverly and Carl Galante

People:

Codaire, Richard (1863-1930)

Subjects:

Millinery, Millinery stores, Perfumes, Samples