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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
17th century
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Dance chatelaine in gilt filigree metal with the portrait of a woman in Elizabethian style

Dance chatelaine in gilt filigree metal with rich decoration. The open work clip shows the portrait of a woman in Elizabethian sty...

Cut to clear scent bottle with blue glass overlay and gold decor

Cut to clear scent bottle with blue glass overlay. Gold decor in mint conditions. Screw silver cap with tiny french marks.

Scent bottle in moulded yellow glass with richly ornated stopper

Scent bottle in moulded yellow glass finished with black enamel and embellished with a golden metal cap, semiprecious stones and e...

Waisted scent bottle in sommerso glass with white threads on turquoise glass

Waisted scent bottle in sommerso glass with white glass threads running from the top to the bottom on turquoise background. Vermei...

Round chatelain scent bottle in painted porcelain, showing a couple in a courting scene

Round chatelain scent bottle in painted porcelain, showing a couple in a courting scene. Brass mount with hinged cap and suspensio...

Well modelled silver bear with suspension ring with inner glass scent bottle

Well modelled silver bear with suspension ring. Hinged head with red glass eyes. It contains a little glass bottle with stopper. N...

Pendant silver scent bottle with spot-hammered decoration

Pendant cent bottle in silver with spot-hammered decoration and nail silver cap. Round flat body and long polished neck bearing tw...

Globular scent bottle in green glass richly decorated in gold

Globular scent bottle in green glass richly decorated in gold. Matching spherical stopper.

Urn-shaped pendant scent bottle in pale blue porcelain with the words “a l’amitie”

Urn-shaped pendant scent bottle in pale blue porcelain with gilt and yellow decor. the front has an oval cartouche with the words ...

Glass scent bottle with girl and boy beads dangles

Yellow porcelain scent bottle with the Dresden Carl Thieme motif

Yellow porcelain scent bottle with the hand-painted so called Dresden Carl Thieme motif in a white cartouche, golden rimmed. On t...