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Bottle of "Stone Flower" Perfume
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, MA
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Bottle of "Stone Flower" Perfume

Artifact IDMO 63.1401
Object Type Bottle, Perfume
Date launched in 1955
Gifter
Maker (Russian perfume maker, Founded 1864)
Place MadeRussia, Europe
Medium perfume, glass, cardboard
DimensionsOverall H 4 1/4 in x W 2 7/8 in x D 2 7/8 in (10.8 cm x 7.3 cm x 7.3 cm)
Physical DescriptionBottle of perfume named Stone Flower (Fleur En Pierre/Kamennyi Tsvetok) by Novaya Zarya/New Dawn: launched in 1955.

Stone Flower, named after a Russian ballet, was very successful and won a Grand Prix medal at the Brussels industrial exhibition in 1958. Stone Flower, classified as a spicy floral amber perfume, made use of one the synthetic musks known as pentadecanolide.
The perfume is housed inside of a crystal flacon with a stylized floral shape. A richly colored, green marbled heavy cardstock presentation box, which looks like an Imperial egg and when opened, reveals it's gleaming gilded foil interior.
Historical NoteThis bottle of expensive perfume was presented to First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy by the Russian Premier Nikita Khrushchev at the Vienna Conference in Austria on June 3-4, 1961.
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteItem was a gift from a foreign official to the President and First Lady received through the Executive office during the Kennedy Administration and transferred to the General Service Administration where it was held until donated to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum by the Estate of President John F. Kennedy in 1965.
Credit LineJohn F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, MA; Gift of the Estate of President John F. Kennedy
National Archives Catalog CollectionJohn F. Kennedy Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 1676934)
National Archives Catalog SeriesGifts from Heads of State (National Archives Identifier 1677008)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedUse Restriction NoteReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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