| Blown glass is definitely one of the oldest ancient | | | | However, the technique was not able to reach |
| techniques of creating hand made perfume | | | | Alexandria until the later half of the the 2nd |
| bottles. It is believed that the ancient Egyptians | | | | century B.C where the glass blowing was |
| are the original inventors of the glass making | | | | introduced by the Romans. The newest discovery |
| technique. The production of the metallurgy and | | | | gained an increase in production. |
| the faience contributed a great deal in the | | | | Blown glass perfume bottles were made by |
| manufacturing of glasses for a perfume bottle. | | | | sticking a piece of molten glass to the end of a |
| The earliest Egyptian glass that was introduced to | | | | blowpipe and introducing pressurized air the other |
| us came in a form of small beads and other | | | | end of the pipe. This was entirely done by the |
| pendants that were found in the area way back | | | | blowing of the mouth. The artistic transformation |
| in the 3000 B.C. Glass was made by melting a | | | | of the shapes of the perfume bottles begins to |
| combination of lime, soda and silica sand. The glass | | | | emerge. The shape will then be cut using a copper |
| is formed through the chemical reaction and | | | | wheel and then ground using an emery powder. |
| interaction of the heated sand and soda which | | | | When the perfume bottle has already took its |
| produces a transparent flowing liquid. When the | | | | shape, fine embellishments and other decorations |
| liquid is cooled down, the glass is formed instantly. | | | | were added by pinching the hot glass, adding |
| The first glass vessels first appeared in Egypt | | | | handles and other features. The simple straight |
| during the middle of the 2000 B.C. They were | | | | patterns could be transformed into a more |
| made by molding on a core that is made of sand | | | | intricate and complex shapes that adds up to the |
| and mud to form the interior of the vessel. The | | | | beauty of the perfume bottle. When the shape is |
| core is then submerged to a very viscous molten | | | | already formed, coloring and hand painting takes |
| glass; the core will then be scraped out when the | | | | places. It is then followed by placing the perfume |
| vessel has cooled down. During that time, the | | | | bottles in a furnace that has a very hot |
| glass was referred to as an artificial semi-stone | | | | temperature in order for the color to set in the |
| which was quite a costly novelty item. The | | | | glass making it permanent. After which, the |
| aristocrats during that time did not own any glass | | | | bottles are left to cool down before they are |
| workshop since it was a royal monopoly. When | | | | used. |
| the decline of the royal power ended, the New | | | | Today, the blow glass products still undergo the |
| Kingdom ended prompted a stop on the | | | | same process the way the ancient create them. |
| production of glass for a certain period of time. | | | | No other primitive tools were added to the original |
| The revolutionary invention of the blown glass | | | | ones. |
| then took place in Syria in the 1st century B.C. | | | | |