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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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Scent bottle in blue and white porcelain showing a marine view in an oval cartouche

Cylindrical scent bottle in hand-painted blue and white porcelain showing a marine view in an oval cartouche. . Silver mount and h...

Palais Royal presentation showing a bronze elephant, two scent bottles and a box

Palais Royal presentation showing a heavy bronze elephant with finely decorated caparison and touches of paint. It carries two gla...

Tapered chatelaine scent bottle in blue glass closed in an elaborate gilt metal cage

Tapered chatelaine scent bottle in blue glass closed in an elaborate gilt metal cage. Brass mount and hinged cap with suspension c...

Yellow cameo glass with ivy decor

Yellow cameo glass with ivy decor. Silver screw cap marked "silver".

Solid silver scent bottle representing a newborn baby wrapped in swaddling

Solid silver scent bottle representing a newborn baby wrapped in swaddling and wearing a bonnet. The head is the screw cap. On the...

Silver scent bottle with murrine and the figure of Virgin Mary from “The Annunciation” by Beato Angelico

Flat round silver scent bottle. On the front it shows a central medallion decorated with a "murrine" garland and the figure of Vir...

Meissen porcelain scent bottle depicting a courting scene

Porcelain scent bottle depicting a boy who offers a bouquet to a girl. At the back a big panier of flowers surmounted by a gold pi...

Silver overlay blue glass scent bottle with a decor of shoots of grapes

Unusual square blue glass scent bottle, with silver overlay forming a decor of shoots of grapes. Metal crown top.

Copper advertising scent bottle for “Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Herb Medicine Pills for Constipation Sanative Wash”

Copper flattened flask: it has raised letter advertising on the back that says: "Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Herb Medici...