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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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Eight-shaped pendant scent bottle in ‘sommerso’ striped glass

Eight-shaped pendant scent bottle in 'sommerso' glass where the clear glass wraps the striped blue and white inner glass. Screw br...

Electric blue guilloché enamelled scent bottle

Electric blue guilloché enamelled scent bottle with screw metal cap.

Silver scent bottle depicting a lady in Spanish costume

Silver scent bottle depicting a lady in Spanish costume. The metal is shell-molded and the figurine stands on a round pedestal. It...

Scent bottle made with a Patella caerulea shell and silver

Scent bottle made with a shell called Patella caerulea, closed with a silvered metal foil. Tiny cap with little ring and suspensio...

Three porcelain scent bottles in pastel colours, white and gold

Porcelain scent bottle hand painted in pale emerald green, white and gold. On the bottom mark for Vista Alegre porcelain.

Cut crystal scent bottle with embossed gold cap

Cut crystal scent bottle with brilliant diamond shaped design. Heavily embossed and engraved 18 karat gold top with a small centra...

Murano scent bottle in thin blown ashy glass with pedestal

Murano scent bottle in thin blown ashy glass with pedestal. Tall glass stopper with short dauber.

Set composed by four hinged bottles in enamelled silver.

Set composed by four hinged bottles in enamelled silver. Each bottle shows a different kind of plants on the front and a Chinese w...

Orange glass atomizer with five “legs” and many other “tentacles” all around

Orange glass atomizer, metal hardware with the original rubber and cotton net bulb. The bottle is melted in a sort of dark yellow ...

Grand Tour scent bottle in red glass, souvenir of the Saint Jacques Tower

Red glass "Grand Tour" scent bottle. Ormolu mount and hinged cap with the graphic of the Saint Jacques Tower (Tour St Jacques) aft...

Grand Tour scent bottle in red glass and ormolu, souvenir of the Saint Jacques Tower

Red glass Grand Tour scent bottle. Ormolu mount and hinged cap with the graphic of the Saint Jacques Tower (Tour St Jacques) durin...

Gold-plated metal chatelaine scent bottle with colorful enamel polka dots, souvenir of a Detroit restaurant

Gold-plated metal chatelaine scent bottle with colorful enamel polka dots. A crown-shaped cork stopper and a chain suspension ring...