Repoussé Sterling Perfume Bottle Pair

Pair of 8" Antique Sterling Silver Repousse Perfume Bottles with Stopper #12 by Theodore B Starr.  Manufactured between 1880 and 1923.

Theosore Starr crafted silver pieces in New York from 1862 until it was purchased by Reed & Barton in 1918.

Repoussé from the French, meaning “pushed back,” refers to any type of ornamentation in which the design is raised in relief on the reverse or interior side of the metal material at hand. While smiths extensively practiced the technique throughout history, the word’s first known use appeared in the early 1800s as silversmiths in America thoroughly embraced the method.