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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 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...

Vanity case by Marcel Franck in the form of a camera comprising a powder compact, lipstick and perfume atomiser.

Heart-shaped porcelain scent bottle showing a branch of holly

Heart-shaped porcelain scent bottle showing a hand-painted branch of holly. On the back the word "H.M.CHINA.". Silver screw cap fu...

Cylindrical etui in turtle Bakelite containing a perfume vial with brass cap.

Chatelaine scent bottle in frosted glass depicting a four leaf clove

Chatelaine scent bottle in frosted glass depicting a four leaf clove hand-painted in green, white and gold. Brass mounted and hing...

Heart-shaped porcelain scent bottle with a blue rose.

Flat heart-shaped porcelain scent bottle, hand-painted with a blue rose. Metal or silver worn screw cap, no marks.

Acorn-shaped scent bottle made in two different tones of engraved metal

Acorn-shaped scent bottle made of richly engraved metal in two different colors. It opens to reveal a silver-plated glass stopper ...

Heart-shaped porcelain scent bottle wIth Imary style decor.

Heart-shaped porcelain scent bottle wIth Imary style decor. Silver plated screw cap with cork liner. Flacone in porcellana a form...

Belt chatelaine scent bottle in cut glass enclosed in a metal alloys cage ending in a Neo Rococo style belt clip

Belt chatelaine scent bottle in cut glass enclosed in metal alloys cage imitating the burnished silver and the rose gold. Hinged p...