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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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Princesbeak scent bottle with micromosaic on onix

Glass scent bottle in a metal case shaped as a drop with two dangles. Round black onyx medalion with a micro mosaic of a woman in ...

South Staffordshire enamelled scent bottle with gilt-metal mounts

South Staffordshire enamel scent bottle with gold and white decor. On bothe sides, two rural landascapes edged in raised gilt on a...

Hand-painted ceramic scent bottle depicting a face of a Moor

Moor's heads are a powerful apotropaic symbol in Sicilian tradition, believed to ward off negativity and bring good luck and prosp...

Chatelaine scent bottle, souvenir of Venice, with miniature views

Venice souvenir scent bottle in silver plate with two hand-painted miniatures: on the front the docking at St. Mark's Square and o...

Bisque porcelain scent bottles depicting a couple of magots

Scent bottles featuring a couple of bisque porcelain funny chaps called Magots: the head, attached to a cork, is the stopper. The ...

Casket in gilded metal and enamel with two scent bottles, Etruscan revival style

Etruscan revival style scent bottle casket, made of 24 karats of gilt bronze (ormolu), hand-decorated with enamel champlevé in var...

Red enamelled metal scent bottle with rich decor and a round medallion showing the portrait of a woman

Cruet scent bottle in red guilloche enamell with rich decor of gilt and white friezes, and a round medallion showing the portrait ...

Corozo scent bottle with cherub

Hand-carved coquilla nut (corozo) scent bottle, showing symbols of love, including a Trophy of Love (a quiver with arrows, cupid’s...

Bronze and tortoise shell casket with two scent bottles

Small bronze and tortoiseshell casket on four round feet with handle and side handles. Contains two glass scent bottles of differe...

Goatherd white porcelain scent bottle

White porcelain scent bottle depicting a boy with his arms wrapped around a tree stump and grabbing a goat by the horn. Concave do...

Heart-shaped Murano glass scent bottle with murrine featuring a flower and a gondola

Heart-shaped Murano glass scent bottle unusual for colour and shape. On the front a flower murrina and a gondola on the back. Silv...

Carved bottle in Gdańsk (PL) amber

Tiny scent bottle carved in a block of Danzica amber in a classical and very elegant shape.