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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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Porcelain scent bottle depicting a lady holding her dress up to reveal a small yellow shoe

Porcelain scent bottle depicting a lady holding her dress up to reveal a small yellow shoe. Her head is the stopper. Mark for the ...

Round scent bottle in amaranth glass closed in a woven wicker cage

Round flat amaranth glass scent bottle closed in a woven wicker still in very good condition. Ivory or bone mount and screw cap. ...

Porcelain scent bottle in a form of two pansies of different colour

Moorcroft style porcelain scent bottle in a form of two pansies of different colour. Hallmarked for Birmingham, 1905. Illegible s...

Ruby glass scent bottle with a large band painted in gold

Ruby glass scent bottle with a large band painted in gold. Brass mount and hinged cap.

White opaline glass scent bottle, souvenir of the Palais de la Bourse

Round Grand Tour scent bottle in white opaline glass enclosed in an ormolu diamond-shaped grill and hinged cap with the graphic of...

Bone étui painted in black containing a blue striped glass scent bottle

Rectangular prism etuì in engraved and black colored ivory. The decoration is in different geometric bands on the two sides with ...

Chatelaine scent bottle in gold tone metal shaped as a horseshoe

Chatelaine scent bottle in gold tone metal shaped as a horseshoe. Screw cap, suspension chain and ring.

Glass scent bottle in a ornate metal sedan chair

Round chatelaine scent bottle in silver with bright yolk yellow guilloche enamel

Round chatelaine scent bottle in silver with bright yolk yellow guillochè enamel. Screw tiny cap with marks: 925, C&C and other il...

Palais Royal presentation: carriage clock-shaped case in cut crystal with glass scent bottle

Carriage clock-shaped case in cut crystal, rimmed in brass with four feet and handle. The box opens at the front to reveal a scen...

Waisted clear glass scent bottle with cut to clear blue overlay

Small waisted clear glass scent bottle with blue overlay. The coat is cut to clear the glass beneath forming a decor completed wit...

Blue porcelain scent bottle with encrusted daisies and lilies of the valley.

Cameo-ware Wedgwood style flask: blue porcelain with encrusted daisies and lilies of the valley. By Schafer & Water Co.