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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 chatelaine bottle engraved with woodland bird scenes, signed by the Swiss Huguenin brothers

Silver chatelaine bottle engraved with two different woodland bird scenes. It features a screw cap and a hanging chain. Produced b...

Porcelain scent bottle in a form of a white shell with the word ‘Amour’

Porcelain scent bottle in a form of a white shell with gold edging. On the front the word "Amour". Gold screw cap.

Crystal scent bottle with the hinged cap representing a hawk’s head

Unusual clear crystal scent bottle, silver mounted with inner glass stopper. The hinged cap represents a parrot's head made in hea...

Cranberry glass scent bottle in “Mary Gregory” style with a boy holding a flower in white enamel

Cranberry glass scent bottle in "Mary Gregory" style (Bohemian production) showing a boy holding a flower in white enamel. Silver ...

Cushion-shaped silver bottle in guilloche pink enamel adorned with roses.

Cushion-shaped silver bottle. The front features a guilloche pink enamel design adorned with a garland of pink roses and green lea...

Hand-painted porcelain scent bottle with a branch of pear and a capricorn

Hand-painted porcelain scent bottle shaped like a flatened rectangular with rounded corners. On the front a golden rimmed oval med...

Belt clip and teardrop-shaped cut crystal bottle with matching gold and silver metal decor

Belt clip and teardrop-shaped cut crystal bottle. Richly decorated with matching gold and silver metal trim, featuring a bouquet m...

Finely cut clear crystal bottle, nestled in a cylindrical green shagreen case

Finely cut clear crystal bottle, nestled in a cylindrical green shagreen case closed with a button and featuring a faded orange ve...

Flared scent bottle in cut crystal on a stand in open work metal and stones

Flared scent bottle in cut crystal with metal finishings. The small metal band around the nck reproduces the decoration diamond po...

White opaline glass scent bottle painted to look a Chinese porcelain

White opaline glass scent bottle painted to look a Chinese porcelain (more fashionable and desiderable at that time). On the front...

WW1 Trench Art – Embossed metal scent bottle with the Belgian Lion and the French Rooster

Embossed metal scent bottle showing on one side the Belgian Lion and the words "Lens, Vimy Roeux, Buillecourt"; on the other side ...

Palais Royal presentation, showing a bronze Pierrot holding a water can scent bottle

Palais Royal presentation, showing a bronze statuette of a Pierrot holding a glass scent bottle closed in a metal watering can in ...