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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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Little wardrobe in painted wood containing a set of maquillage and sewing instruments

Little wardrobe made in painted wood decorated with glass stones. It opens with a tiny key to reveal a set of maquillage and sewin...

Porcelain bottle in the shape of an arm and hand, copy of the cast of George Sand’s arm

Porcelain bottle in the shape of an arm and hand, beautifully modeled and detailed. The cork is covered with a decorated paper tha...

Mother-of-pearl little boat, souvenir of Liverpool with glass scent bottle and thimble

This little boat is a souvenir of Liverpool, as is printed on the mother of pearl sail, but the underside of the shell ‘hull’ reve...

Meissen porcelain scent bottle depicting a woman holding pug

Classic Meissen porcelain scent bottle, showing a lady holding a pug whose head is the scent bottle's stopper. On the bottom the b...

Anthropomorphic ribbed green glass scent bottle

Porcelain scent bottle depicting a sitting boy holding a basket

Toy porcelain scent bottle depicting a sitting boy in fine costume and black hat; he is holding a basket. The head is the cap. On ...

Octagonal scent bottle in Murano blown glass, hand-painted with a delicate decor of foliage and flowers

Octagonal scent bottle in Murano blown glass, hand-painted with a delicate decor of foliage and flowers. The glass is not perfectl...

Wedgwood globular jasperware scent bottle

Wedgwood globular jasperware scent bottle featuring two scenes from Greek mythology. The letters BPC and the number 3727 are scrat...

Porcelain scent bottle in the form of a pear painted with a figure of a girl

Porcelain scent bottle in the form of a pear, shaded ground cream to pink, the leaves picked out in blue, painted a figure of a gi...

Bend scent bottle in green opaline glass

Bend green opaline glass flacon, hand-painted with light grottesque decor. Brass mounted with hinged metal cap (surmounted by a ca...

Rare porcelain scent bottle depicting Betty Boop

Rare porcelain scent bottle depicting Betty Boop, an American animated cartoon created in 1930. Gilt metal crown top.

Corozo coquilla nut scent bottle featuring a scene from Iliade

Corozo coquilla nut scent bottle featuring a scene from Iliade: Achilles swears revenge on the body of his friend Patroclus. On th...