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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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Palais Royal presentation, showing an ormolu grounding wheel with striped glass scent bottle

Palais Royal presentation showing a scent bottle mounted on a ormolu grounding wheel on a white marble rectangular base. The scent...

“Black Forest” carved stag horn scent bottle

So called "Black Forest" carved stag horn scent bottle showing a fawn on one side and a sparrow on his nest on the other. Matchin...

Scent bottle in the shape of a very detailed blown glass elephant

Scent bottle in the shape of a very detailed blown glass elephant with painted gold touches. Original green ribbon around the nec...

Porcelain scent bottle with two hand-painted scenes: a gentleman and a Chinese landscape in gold

Hand-painted porcelain scent bottle, Jacob Petit style. On the front, the portrait of a young, elegant gentleman in purple dress....

Silver and enamel scent bottle in plique-à-jour enamel tecnique

Silver and enamel scent bottle with suspension chain and screw cap. It is made in plique-à-jour, an enamel decoration technique th...

Heart-shaped scent bottle in liliac porcelain witht a beautiful portrait of a woman in pink dress smelling a rose

Heart-shaped scent bottle in lilac porcelain. On the front a beautiful portrait of a woman in pink dress smelling a rose. On the ...

Porcelain scent bottle depicting a Bolognese standing dog by Meissen

Porcelain scent bottle depicting a Bolognese dog standing on a rocaille relief, partially gold-painted plinth, standing on its hin...

Meissen porcelain scent bottle ‘Gallant Conversation’

Meissen porcelain scent bottle, called Gallant Conversation: it depicts a kissing couple near a tree trunk, a dog and a lamb. The ...

Porcelain scent bottle ‘Pret a monter’

Porcelain scent bottle representing a boy wearing boots leaning against a trunk covered with flower shoots. Gilt metal mount and p...

Royal Worcester porcelain scent bottle commemorating Queen Victoria’s 50 years’ reign

Royal Worcester porcelain scent bottle commemorating Queen Victoria's 50 years' reign with her portrait relief shaped as a "Cameo"...

Pilgrim’s flask-shaped bottle in embossed silver depicting the Roman matron Lucretia being installed by King Tarquin’s Son

Pilgrim's flask-shaped bottle on a slightly raised circular foot. The silver body is decorated with foliage and a classical scene ...

Charles Gouyn Chelsea porcelain scent bottle in the form of a Cupid

Charles Gouyn St James scent bottle in the form of a Cupid with a bow and arrow, sitting on a green log. A rose forms the stopper ...