19th C. Murray &. Lanman Florida Water Bottle with Original Silver Painted Neck horse and dove as part of a grouping

as part of a grouping of interesting boxes

and some scattered staining to the red tape

with thin black bands near the lip of the lid and near the top and bottom of the body

Figures measure 5" t x 1" across at base

19th C. Murray &. Lanman Florida Water Bottle with Original Silver Painted Neck horse and dove as part of a groupingI just though this was a great looking bottle, for its pale aqua color and proportions and embossed text but especially for its silvery neck, which, from what I've found, was a type of paint used on early versions of this bottle, and which it is pretty rare to find example. Florida Water, developed in the 1830s or so, was a commercially prepared water blending floral essential oils in a water alcohol base, with its name referring to the fabled