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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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Chatelaine metal scent bottle with a geometric mosaic of multicolour semi precious stones

Chatelaine metal scent bottle embellished with a geometric mosaic of multicolor semi precious stones in a ribbed frame. Round scre...

Embossed gold scent bottle, ring shaped with a central glass box

Embossed gold scent bottle, ring shaped with a central glass box with hinged lid. screw cap and suspension chain with little ring....

Ormolu and enamel chatelaine scent bottle with a kneeling woman in an exotic costume

Ormolu and enamel chatelaine scent bottle of bulbous form, showing on the front a kneeling woman in an exotic costume. Under the...

Porcelain scent bottle shaped as a pink star with gold edging and the words Espoir Douce

Porcelain scent bottle shaped as a pink star with gold edging. The front has a central shield with the word "Espoir" (Hope), the b...

Gilt silver scent bottle engraved in the manner of Kate Greenaway by S.Mordan

Gilt silver cylinder scent bottle engraved in the manner of Kate Greenaway. A central cartouche depictis a little girl perched on ...

Silver necklace with eleven Murano glass beads, shaped as scent bottles.

Silver chain with eleven lampwork glass beads made like little scent bottles.

Flat round scent bottle in Murano glass with murrine featuring five portraits and a gondola

Flat round scent bottle in Murano glass with murrine featuring five portraits (possibly Napoleon the 3rd, Victor Emmanuel II, Prin...

Ormolu scent bottle with two Parisian monuments and a carnelian seal

Grand Tour souvenir scent bottle in ormolu, enriched by two Parisian cartouches – the Arc du Triomphe and the Place Vendôme column...

Scent bottle in Murano glass with aventurine and three murrine with portraits of famous Italian men

Rare standing scent bottle in millefiori glass with aventurine. Three murrine with portraits: the Pope Pio IX, Giuseppe Mazzini an...

Etched red glass scent bottle, souvenir of the Schonbrunn Palace in Vienna

Etched red glass scent bottle, drop-shaped with rich foliage decoration and view of the Schonbrunn Palace in Vienna. On the front,...

Round pendant scent bottle made of Galuchat with silver cap

Round flattened scent bottle made of Galuchat (or stingray). Silver globular hinged cap marked for silver with small handles for a...

Enamel silver scent bottle showing a classical scene signed by Ludwig Politzer

Enamel silver scent bottle showing a classical scene signed by Ludwig Politzer (1841 -1907). Matching silver cap and suspesion cha...