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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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Porcelain scent bottle showing two Japanese scenes of men and women in a garden

Round, flat porcelain scent bottle showing two Japanese scenes of men and women in a garden. Silver screw cap, fully hallmarked fo...

Sovietic silver scent bottle with an engraved decor on the front

Sovietic silver scent bottle with an engraved decor on the front. Screw cap linked to the bottle by a little chain. Marks for sil...

Carved bakelite case with tangles containing a clear glass vial

Carved bakelite case containing a clear glass vial with short wand. Matching screw cap with string and cylindrical bakelite pendan...

Embossed silver scent bottle with rural scenes

Embossed silver scent bottle with rural scenes: a young shepherdess on one side and a landscape on the other one. Screw cap (stuck...

Painted pottery scent bottle showing a rural courting scene.

Painted pottery scent bottle showing a rural courting scene. Screw brass cap with little suspension ring.

Heart-shaped scent bottle in bue porcelain, with an “Imari” style decor

Heart-shaped scent bottle in bue porcelain , with an "Imari" style decor on the front. Brass mounted with screw cap.

Round chatelaine scent bottle in embossed alpacca with a courting scene and a bouquet

Round chatelaine scent bottle made in so called "German silver" or "Alpacca", richly embossed on both sides. On the front a pastor...

Heart-shaped Wedgwood porcelain scent bottle with a little cherub

Wedgwood heart shaped china scent bottle. On the front a little cherub. Screw silver cap full hallmarked for Birmingham, 1995, J W...

Rectangular scent bottle in white opaline with gold decor partially faded.

Rectangular scent bottle with rounded shoulders in white opaline with gold decor partially faded. Hinged vermeil cap.

Orange and yellow mercury glass scent bottle shaped as a pear.

Orange and yellow mercury glass scent bottle shaped as a pear. Metal collar and gold round cap with wand.

Assembled chatelaine with and five silver items on a Art Nouveau pewter brooch

Assembled chatelaine on a liberty style brooch in pewter with floral motif. At the end of the five chains there are two different ...

Pear-shaped chatelaine scent bottle in frosted cut glass

Pear-shaped chatelaine scent bottle in frosted cut glass. Silver plated mount with hinged decorated cap. Suspension chain with rin...