Marcel Pautot - Perfume flask - Glass

Marcel PAUTOT (1886-1963) was the perfume bottle creator from Grasse in the South of France.

Rare small animal-shaped perfume bottle pouch (empty and not sealed) by Mr. Pautot for Ch. Grant Perfumes - (1920s).
It is made of colorless pressed and moulded glass depicting a cicada, emblem of Provence and the town of Grasse in the South; its head acts as the stopper, with its original external ventral label bearing the inscription « Parfum Heliotrope Ch. Grant ». At the neck its silver-stamped label titled in Provençal reads «Mon amou es lou souleou».
On the ventral face with the label, it is signed in the mass on the right wing with the monogram « MP », confirming that the model was indeed designed and created by the Grasse sculptor M. Pautot, and on the left wing the inscription « DÉPOSÉ ». Height: 6.6 cm.
We note possibly a very small flaw at the tip of the cicada’s nose that does not affect the visual quality of the piece.
For information
An identical toby-bistre model sealed with its perfume was sold for €1,400 + fees on 24 October 2018, Room 7, Drouot – Lot 287 - KLF - Catherine Kalck, Guillaume Le Floc’h
Another identical one in frosted glass at Molinard was sold for €1,250 + fees, expert Martin-Hattemberg, on 02/12/2013 at Drouot Room 11 – Lot 318
Others in colorless or bistre glass have been sold on 15/06/2021 at Drouot Room 2 – on 5/12/2016 at Drouot Room 7 – on 11/11/2017 at Rambouillet – on 22/06/2019 in Marseille – on 22/06/2015 at Drouot Room 7