EGG-SHAPED SCENT BOTTLES
EGGS-SHAPED SCENT BOTTLES Eggs symbolize life, birth, rebirth, and new potential across many cultures and religions. They represent creation myths, fertility, the cycle of life, and hope. In various traditions, eggs are also associated with luck, wealth, and magical or healing powers. So, it’s no surprise that so many scent bottles have this shape rendered in so […]
Bought, but not arrived yet from the UK, the US, Portugal and Spain
Thesee scent bottle will physically enter my collection in some time. The photos are from the auction houses.
Meeting IPBA-IPE Reggio Emilia 18/19 ottobre 2025
Three years ago, we founded the Italian chapter of the IPBA in Venice, the International Association of Perfume, Face Powder, and other Perfume-related Objects.To get to know each other and each other, I decided to organize an event involving Italian and international collectors.IPBA President Teri Wirth, Vice President Afonso Oliveira, and Jeffrey Sanfilippo will be […]
Porcelain scent bottles: made in the East finished in the West
The origins of porcelain can be traced in China during the Tang Dynasty (618–907 AD), with further refinements in production techniques during the Song Dynasty (960–1279 AD). Chinese porcelain began arriving in Europe in the 16th century, primarily through Portuguese and Dutch traders: this refined, pure white, translucent pottery was a sensation among the ruling clases.
Dating an antique scent bottle: Silver and Metal
Collecting antique scent bottles, I find myself frequently to face the problem of dating every new piece I add to my collection. The greatest dream of every collector of antique objects is that they could tell their own history: who made them, where and when, and who were their owners along the passage of time. […]
Magnani Collection: Scent Bottles
MAGNANI COLLECTION. The Bottles Exhibition Exhibition From October 6, 2018 to March 31, 2019 Venice, Palazzo Mocenigo Museum Opening and press preview: Friday, October 5, 12:30 pm .
My number 1
Like Scrooge McDuck, I also have my number one, that is, the sketch bottle that gave a boost to my collection and defined its criteria. It was in the university years, spent in Parma, that the collection began to define itself, taking up its present structure
The origin of a passion
My passion for ancient or vintage perfume bottles (defined decorative scent bottles by international collectors to distinguish them from commercial ones, those that bear the marks of a particular brand), began in my now distant adolescence.
A little masterpiece by Oscar Pierre Erard
Rare opaline “gorge de pigeon scent bottle in form of a horn; the elaborate Arabesque/Persian design is the work of Oscar Pierre Erard created with gold paste and enamel with applied cabochon glass stones of turquoise, moonstone, sapphire and coral.
A scent bottle in a Victorian painting
I discovered the pre-Raphaelite pictorial movement during my first visit to the UK, many years ago.
Beautiful inside and out
What always amazes me when I look at a small antique object, such as scent bottles, is noticing the extreme care with which they are made and the search for beauty even in the parts that remain hidden
Wars and scent bottles
It is not easy to think that the world of perfume and its containers, so pleasant and light, could be somehow linked to something as terrible and brutal as war