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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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A shield-shaped silver chatelaine scent bottle inlaid with Scottish agate

A shield-shaped silver chatelaine scent bottle with a front inlaid with two different types of Scottish agate, bordered by decorat...

Black Forest wood bear holding a scent bottle, souvenir of Lucerne (CH)

Wood Black Forest bear holding a cylindrical scent bottle in clear glasswith stopper. On the front of the base the word "Lucerne"....

Porcelain scent bottle with birds in branches alternating with pink ground panels

Porcelain scent bottle, in Meissen style, of flattened bottle form, painted with birds in branches alternating with pink ground pa...

Prattware pottery scent bottle showing scenes with cherubs

Prattware pottery scent bottle showing on one side a tree and a cherub catching a butterfly or a bird. On the other side two cheru...

Chatelaine scent bottle in Murano glass with murrine featuring three high quality portraits

Obsidian glass and specks of gold aventurine scent bottle with figurative murrine canes featuring three portraits of exceptional q...

Dance chatelaine on a stick brooch with a chestnut-shaped scent bottle

Dance chatelaine on a stick brooch with alternate rings in gold and burnished silver, probably a mourning jewels. The alternance o...

Pair scent bottles in blue porcelain with enamelled gilt decor

Pair scent bottles in blue porcelain with enamelled gilt and decorated with raised white dots. It stands on 5 gilt bun feet. Gilde...

Belt-chatelaine scent bottle in Egyptian Revival Style

Belt-chatelaine scent bottle in cut crystal enclosed in a gilt metal cage with fake turquoises featuring a decor in Egyptian Reviv...

Pendant bottle carved in a green tourmaline and engraved with a snake charmer.

Pendant bottle made from a green tourmaline hollowed out and engraved with a snakes' enchanter. Rich gold spiral frame with perfor...

Pendant acorn-shaped case in silver filigree with blue faceted glass scent bottle

Pendant miniature acorn-shaped case in silver filigree. The screw top opens to reveal a blue faceted glass scent bottle with match...

Enamelled etui with two women portraits and glass bottle

Enamelled etuì showing a floral decor in the silver rimmed hinged top and two women portraits on the box, probaly featuring two se...

Double scent bottle in glass and gilt silver in the original box

Double cut crystal bottle. The perfume side features a gilded silver frame and a hinged cap, decorated with small dots and a glass...