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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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Chatelaine scent bottle in Murano glass multicolor set and sparkling aventurine 2

Murano glass chatelaine scent bottle in ovoid form with multicolor set. The glass is flecked throughout with sparkling aventurine ...

Ring-shaped scent bottle in hand-painted porcelain

Hand painted ring-shaped porcelain scent bottle. Silver plated screw cap with cork liner.

Glass scent bottle enclosed in a mercury-gilt cagework showing a portrait of an Elizabethan lady

Smoked thick glass scent bottle enclosed in a mercury-gilt intricate cage work with flowers and foliage and a woman portrait with ...

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...

Macintyre ceramic scent bottle made in the form of a hazelnut

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...

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Chatelaine scent bottle in Murano glass multicolor set and sparkling aventurine 2

Ring-shaped scent bottle in hand-painted porcelain

Glass scent bottle enclosed in a mercury-gilt cagework showing a portrait of an Elizabethan lady

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

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

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

Macintyre ceramic scent bottle made in the form of a hazelnut

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)

Pendant cross-shaped scent bottle in amber glass

Malta cross-shaped scent bottle in cut clear glass

Malta cross scent bottle in blue glass

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