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Antique scent bottles

I started my collection of scent bottles more than forty years ago. Made of different materials over a long period from antiquity to 1940, they now comprise a collection of over 1200 pieces produced mostly in Europe, but not only. All containers are no taller than 9 cm (3 inches).

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Silver scent-jar in closed pomander form

Scent-jar in closed pomander form, in silver with chased floral ornaments. It opens in four parts: the bottom contains a sponge th...

Crystal scent bottle with Napoleonic portraits

Cut crystal scent bottle with white ceramic paste inlays, with a double portrait of Napoleon and his second wife Marie Louise, lat...

Ivory scent bottle with two carved portraits: Emperor Costantine and his wife Fausta Flavia Maxima

Ivory bottle with rich carved decoration of foliage and acorns, partially eroded by time. On the front the profile of a man with a...

Blue glass scent bottle enclosed in a elaborated openwork cage showing two Saints. Rare closure

Blue glass flat-round scent bottle enclosed in a gilded silver openwork cage showing on the front Saint Ulrich (identified by the ...

Slightly concave teardrop scent bottle in clear glass with “morise” decoration

Slightly concave teardrop scent bottle in clear glass with "morise" decoration found in an excavation during the great cleaning of...

Hand-painted porcelain scent bottle with fantastic birds

Cream soft-paste porcelain scent bottle with two hand painted fantastic birds and gilt friezes, convincingly attributed to James G...

Scent bottle carved in lava stone in Chinese style

Rare carved Lava Stone scent bottle with Asian decoration and stopper of a chinese man wearing a coolie hat; a short chain links t...

Green glass scent bottle with gold openwork, Chinese landscapes and caricatures

Green glass scent bottle encased with ornate pierced gilt cagework, designed to frame two Chinese landscapes, and two miniatures. ...

Riddled silver perfume box with Sicilian hallmarks

Riddled silver perfume box made of three pieces: a solid perfume container, a perforated cover and and a globular lid with chain l...

Carved Ivory scent bottle with Aesop’s Fables scenes

Carved ivory perfume bottle depicting on one side a scene from Aesop's fable "The Fox and the Stork" and on the other a scene that...

Clear glass scent bottle enclosed in an intricate vermeil cage depicts a richly dressed woman with long hair holding a chalice

Clear glass scent bottle in a baroque shape, enclosed in an intricate vermeil cage: a thin and elaborate metal embroidery that alm...

Bilston enamel scent bottle with the portrait of lady Chambers, after Reynolds

Bilston enamel scent bottle, painted with the portrait of lady Catherine Chambers (née More) after Joshua Reynolds painted her in ...