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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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16th century
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Goatherd painted porcelain scent bottle

Scent bottle and stopper in painted porcelain in the form of a figure of a boy with a goat that is attempting to butt him. The boy...

Hand-blown glass perfume bottle in the shape of a seahorse

Hand blown flint glass scent bottle in the shape of aseahorse. This shape is also known as a Dolphin tail bottle. The white transp...

Palais Royal presentation: ormolu egg with two graphics of Venice

Palais Royal presentation formed by a bronze dore "egg" with clasp closure and pedestal on a marble base, on both sides there is a...

Chatelaine scent bottle in blue glass, decorated with the three-fires technique in gold with touches of white and purple

Chatelaine blue glass scent bottle 'Moser style' heavy decorated in gold with touches of white and purple. Hinged gilt metal cap w...

Sperm whale tusk scent bottle, souvenir ot whaleship Hero

Sperm whale tusk scent bottle, made on board of a ship: on one side bears the inscription Whaleship "Hero" in a chart under a deta...

Spherical perfume bottle carved from a fossil swamp oak

Spherical scent bottle carved from a fossil bog oak, wood that cames from trees buried in peat bogs and preseved from decay in ana...

Square and flat scent bottle carved in a carnelian stone

Square and flat scent bottle cut in a carnalian stone. Silver cap shaped as a lily, with short chain.

Round vinaigrette in blue enamelled silver with rich gold decoration and inner painted bouquet

Small round vinaigrette: the base is blue enamel fired on silver with rich gold decoration. The hinges open to reveal the inner li...

Cylindrical scent bottle in enamelled silver with the image of a young shepherdess

Cylindrical scent bottle in enamelled silver, painted with the image of a young shepherdess in a pastoral scene all around. Mount ...

Lamp-work bead scent bottle in Murano glass with French silver stopper

Chatelaine scent bottle made from a high quality lamp-work bead in Murano glass. Silver mount and stopper with French marks. Chai...

Three triangular prism-shaped perfume bottles with glass cap and vermeil collar and base

Three triangular prism-shaped perfume bottles with glass cap and vermeil collar. Engraved decor forming bows, with foliage branche...

Egg-haped faceted red crystal scent bottle

Egg-haped faceted red crystal scent bottle. Hinged closure in bronze dore with loops. It opens to reveal a tiny gold glass stopper...