Mdina Glass was founded in the Maltese town of Mdina in 1968 by Michael Harris and Eric Dobson. The town had no history of glass making but the venture proved to be a success. Its wares, free formed organic glassware, often in colours inspired from the sea, sand, earth and sky, proved very popular with tourists visiting Malta. Michael Harris left Mdina in 1972 and formed a new company, Isle of Wight Studio Glass, on the Isle of Wight, UK, leaving Eric Dobson in charge, but many of the designs he created continued to be made at Mdina Glass after his departure. This perfume bottle may possibly be an original Michael Harris design. Certainly it reflects the organic forms he created and the colourings, resembling the popular ‘sea and sand’ range, are consistent with this although the pattern here is more correctly referred to as ‘blue summer’ and the stopper of this bottle is a better match in colouring and design than some of the other examples currently on the market.