Vintage PERRIER Ship in a Bottle from Perrier's England Export Campaign RED CAP

Here is a unique ship-in-a-bottle and a part of Perrier's famous history. According to my research, when the French company Perrier was launching its United Kingdom campaign to export its Perrier water to England in the 1970s, they had commissioned a limited series of Ships-in-a-Perrier-Tear-Drop-Bottle as their promotion. Perrier was the first naturally sparkling mineral water to be sold in England. This bottle is in excellent condition and mounted on a two stained wooden slatted base . The green vintage tear-drop bottle is 6" long. Red cap. Excellent example of this hard to find ship in a bottle. Here is some more info: Harmsworth, brother of the newspaper magnate, went to France in 1903 to convalesce. He was introduced to the spring in Vergèze by a Dr. Perrier who advised him to drink the water as he said, it had health–giving properties. Harmsworth was intrigued by the sparkling, bubbly water and recognised its commercial possibilities. He bought the spring and named it Perrier after the doctor. He ordered Perrier bottles to be blown in French green glass in the shape of the Indian clubs he used for exercising during his convalescence. A natural and creative marketing man, Harmsworth advertised Perrier as ‘the champagne of table waters’ and sent bottles to his friends abroad as a ‘decent water to drink with your whisky’.