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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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Egg-shaped pendant scent bottle in painted porcelain with a motif of branches and flowers

Egg-shaped pendant scent bottle in painted porcelain with a motif of branches and flowers in relief. Screw brass cap with suspensi...

Miniature scent bottle shaped like a little pot, encrusted with colourful flowers

Miniature scent bottle shaped like a little pot, encrusted with colourful flowers all around. Matching stopper with cork to fit. S...

Glass scent bottle with a cut to clear blue finish and two hand-painted bouquets

Glass scent bottle with a cut to clear blue finish. The rich gold decoration also surrounds two rectangular panels with hand-paint...

Dance chatelain in alpacca with a woman’s portrait and a medal with the last meeting of Hector and Andromache (Iliade, libro VI, vv 392-502)

Complete dance chatelain in German silver with a central round meadal showing the portrait of a woman. Four items attached: an aid...

Pendant cross-shaped scent bottle in amber glass

Cross-shaped scent bottle in amber glass. Screw silver cap with suspension ring for use as a pendant.

Malta cross-shaped scent bottle in cut clear glass

Malta cross-shaped scent bottle in cut clear glass, with matching stopper.

Malta cross scent bottle in blue glass

Malta cross-shaped Bristol blue cut glass scent bottle with inner glass stopper. Little screw silver cap.

Teardrop blue glass scent bottle with the silver cap as a owl head

Teardrop blue glass scent bottle with the silver cap modelled as a owl head with coloured glass eyes. No marks, but possibly by Sa...

Black glass scent bottle with very faded gold painted decor

Black glass scent bottle with very faded gold painted decorations. Vermeil hinged cap with marks and inner glass stopper.

Turquoise glass scent bottle of unusual shape with rich gold decor in the so called “Moser style”

Turquoise glass scent bottle of unusual shape with rich gold decor in the so called "Moser style". Brass mount and hinged cap.

Complete chatelaine with five items in engine turning brass

Complete chatelaine with five objects in engine turning brass: a round flat scent bottle with screw cap and a similare powdwer pou...

Chatelaine green opaline scent bottle with two ‘kissing’ birds

Green opaline scent bottle harnessed with open-work gilt silver mount with two 'kissing' birds in the center, symbol of true love....