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Sampson Mordan had an insatiable desire for such novelty Allman Hosting Three Shows in Florida’s Prime Season
Continued from Page 3 work, and the quality of Mordan Venice and St. Petersburg offer antiques & collectibles to local and visiting shoppers
made it highly sought after
James Macintyre then as well as now. Mordan Venice— Steve and Judy Allman have their winter season shows lined up for
personally designed perfume bottles were sold shopping fun on Florida’s West Coast with the two Venice shows January 5-6
and produced the in some of the largest retail and February 23-24 and also St. Petersburg January 11-12-13.
bottle to resemble shops of the times, including The Venice Antique Shows on Saturday and Sunday hosted about fifty
a partially opened Goldsmiths & Silversmiths dealers featuring fine art, antique specialties from the past three hundred
walnut. Exquisite in and Asprey & Sons.
its detailing, this bottle At auctions, today, years, selected furniture from Colonial America and Georgian Periods of
sells for around $665, collectors fight over England and similar times on The Continent and Vintage collectibles. It is
and is considered by Mordan perfume held in the old historic part of Venice , very appropriate for the antiques and
many collectors to be a bottles, especially the the shoppers attitudes. Allman sets up the show with New England dealer
miniature work of art. figural ones, such as Ed Weissman in the very front area with his display of Eighteenth Century
Other Macintyre Mordan’s figural owl furniture and accessories as the first that shoppers see.
bottles that graced Engraved sterling silver perfume perfume bottle.
Mordan caps include bottle, circa 1881, complete with Some of Mordan’s The show also boasts great food service from Café Venice a popular local
the rare “Spiders velvet case that is valued at $1,400. perfume bottles were dining spot in town that caters the affair. This show is held at the Venice
Web” scent bottle. present at the 1922 and Community Center both dates, 325 Nokomis Avenue, with convenient free
These round, 2½-inch, porcelain bottles 1929 British Industries Fairs where S. parking a $7 admission.
were decorated in monochrome enamel, Mordan & Co. had prominent booths, but Sunshine City Antiques and Collectibles Show in St. Petersburg, the second
featuring a spider and fly on a spider’s by this date, the era of Mordan figural weekend of the year opens on Friday evening with a preview from 5pm to
web. Macintyre’s unusual “Spiders perfume bottles was already lost.
Web” design, along with S. Mordan’s S. Mordan & Co. flourished until 8pm and continues Saturday and Sunday from 10-5 each day. This is the
signature screw cap are registered as 1941 when German bombs and rockets largest show in the Tampa Bay area with about 100 exhibitors of antiques
Design No. 70868. Spider Web perfume destroyed its factory, during the London and quality vintage collectibles, fine art and jewelry and also quality vintage
bottles average over $1,100 on today’s Blitz when Germany made lightening collectibles. It is located at the St. Petersburg Coliseum, 535 4th Avenue, St.
secondary market. air strikes against London. Today Petersburg, with convenient free parking and $7 admission.
S. Mordan & Co. perfume bottles S. Mordan & Co. remains famous in For more information call Steve at 315 686 5789 or go to the web
were just one of many small, novelty collectors’ circles and as footnotes in
items the company produced. Victorians auction houses’ item descriptions. www.allmanpromotions.com

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