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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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Embossed silver scent bottle showing a Jugendstil iris.

Richly embossed silver scent bottle showing an iris, in Jugendstil. Hinged cap with inner silver marks.

Vase-shaped scent bottle in silver overlay on green glass

Vase-shaped scent bottle in silver overlay on green glass. Globular glass cap.

Ten francs coin scent bottle

Scent bottle made with ten francs coined in 1933. Screw cap.

Round porcelain scent bottle with a scene called “the Welsh tea”

Round flattened : three women in traditional costumes are having tea in an open space. Screw cap full hallmarked for Birmingham, ...

Dry gourd scent bottle, souvenir of Ajaccio

Scent bottle obtained by a dried little pumpkin (Corsican gourd) with two pyrographies: on the front the profile of a man with th...

Egg-shaped chatelaine scent bottle in white porcelain with Imari pattern

Egg-shaped chatelaine scent bottle in white porcelain with Imari pattern. Hinged brass cap. Suspensione chain with finger ring.

Egg-shaped porcelain scent bottle with a flowers, leaves and butterflies decor.

Egg-shaped porcelain scent bottle with a very fine hand-painted decor showing flowers, leaves and butterflies. Silver screw cap fu...

Flat oval scent bottle in blu & white porcelain with two Dutch landscapes

Flat oval scent bottle made of porcelain painted with two Dutch landscapes. The use of blue and white imitates Delft style. Silve...

Chatelaine scent bottle in red glass, painted with golden diamonds and blue tiny flowers

Chatelaine scent bottle in red glass, painted with gold diamonds and blue tiny flowers. Brass mount and hinged cap with decor. Inn...

Chatelaine with cherubs silver brooch and five items

Chatelaine with silver brooch with cherubs and five items: a pair of gilded scissors in a silver sheath; a silver ovoid thimble ho...

Flat oval scent bottle in porcelain with astract circle motif

Flat oval scent bottle in porcelin with abstract circle motif in cobalt, red and green on a white ground. Screw silver cap full ha...

Enamelled blue pottery scent bottle with a moulded portrait of Charles I

Enamelled blue pottery scent bottle shaped as a flask. On the front a moulded portrait of Charles I and the monogram CR in a medal...