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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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Fuchsia enamelled porcelain scent bottle

Fuchsia enamelled porcelain scent bottle. Brass mount with screw cap.

Waisted-shaped glass scent bottle with inner lay in red and gold decor

Waisted-shaped scent bottle in clear overlaid red glass with gold decor in good conditions. Hinged vermeil cap.

Round container in embossed silver with a portrait of a woman and a scent bottle in uranium glass

The front and back of this round scent bottle holder has the same pictorial to both sides. This is the ubiquitous art nouveau imag...

Scent bottle in black vegetable ivory

Tiny scent bottle probably made of painted black vegetable ivory, decorated with geometrical and foliage patterns; white ivory lid...

Travel box with woods inlaids containing two glass boxes and two glass scent bottles with silver caps

Wooden box with a design of inlaid lines in different woods with suspension metal ring and lock with key. Inside, it is divided in...

Orange-shaped glass scent bottle with blossom

Orange-shaped glass scent bottle decorated with an orange blossom an leaves. Gilt mercury glass cap with wand. Heinz & Company mak...

Plain scent bottle in blue thick glass with many inclusions

Mold-shaped scent bottle in blue thick glass with several inclusions. No clues, it could be Medieval.

Ointment clay vase

Pink clay balsam jar with a matte black glaze. It has a pear-shaped body with a truncated cone-shaped base and a missing neck. Ove...

Clay jug for perfumed oil

Tiny jug made of plain clay for perfumed oil.

Drop-shaped chatelaine scent bottle gold painted and with encrusted decor

Drop-shaped chatelaine scent bottle in clear glass covered with gold painting with and encrusted glass floral decor. Brass mount a...

Four-piece embossed brass handbag set

Four-piece embossed brass handbag set, all charatterized by a small shield on the front: an oval pill box, a rectangular card hold...

Porcelain scent bottle decorated with Japanese scenes

Porcelain scent bottle decorated all around with Japanese scene: the white ground body is hand enamelled with seated figures among...