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<p>[QUOTE="bercrystal, post: 4421728, member: 88"][USER=19530]@Patty Ky.[/USER] - Hello & welcome to the forum!! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>This bottle would have held a sachet or perfumed powder. You would shake it out through the holes at the top. </p><p><br /></p><p>When this product was sold there were no daily bathing habits & sanitation in the streets was sometimes not too great either. Consequently, people used other means to control the odors. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some other examples. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=sachet+powder+antique+&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwj7iJizy6r2AhU3QkIHHcfhC8oQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=sachet+powder+antique+&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzoFCAAQgAQ6BwgAEMcDEEM6BggAEAcQHjoGCAAQBRAeUPEKWNMvYL8zaABwAHgAgAF5iAHoBpIBAzkuMZgBAKABAaoBC2d3cy13aXotaW1nwAEB&sclient=img&ei=SAshYvvECreEieoPx8Ov0Aw&bih=937&biw=1920" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/search?q=sachet+powder+antique+&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwj7iJizy6r2AhU3QkIHHcfhC8oQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=sachet+powder+antique+&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzoFCAAQgAQ6BwgAEMcDEEM6BggAEAcQHjoGCAAQBRAeUPEKWNMvYL8zaABwAHgAgAF5iAHoBpIBAzkuMZgBAKABAaoBC2d3cy13aXotaW1nwAEB&sclient=img&ei=SAshYvvECreEieoPx8Ov0Aw&bih=937&biw=1920" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/search?q=sachet+powder+antique+&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwj7iJizy6r2AhU3QkIHHcfhC8oQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=sachet+powder+antique+&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzoFCAAQgAQ6BwgAEMcDEEM6BggAEAcQHjoGCAAQBRAeUPEKWNMvYL8zaABwAHgAgAF5iAHoBpIBAzkuMZgBAKABAaoBC2d3cy13aXotaW1nwAEB&sclient=img&ei=SAshYvvECreEieoPx8Ov0Aw&bih=937&biw=1920</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bercrystal, post: 4421728, member: 88"][USER=19530]@Patty Ky.[/USER] - Hello & welcome to the forum!! :happy::happy: This bottle would have held a sachet or perfumed powder. You would shake it out through the holes at the top. When this product was sold there were no daily bathing habits & sanitation in the streets was sometimes not too great either. Consequently, people used other means to control the odors. ;):rolleyes::happy::happy: Here are some other examples. [URL]https://www.google.com/search?q=sachet+powder+antique+&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwj7iJizy6r2AhU3QkIHHcfhC8oQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=sachet+powder+antique+&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzoFCAAQgAQ6BwgAEMcDEEM6BggAEAcQHjoGCAAQBRAeUPEKWNMvYL8zaABwAHgAgAF5iAHoBpIBAzkuMZgBAKABAaoBC2d3cy13aXotaW1nwAEB&sclient=img&ei=SAshYvvECreEieoPx8Ov0Aw&bih=937&biw=1920[/URL][/QUOTE]
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