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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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16th century
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Heart shaped green glass scent bottle decorated in gold and white with blue iris

Heart shaped green glass scent bottle decorated in the so called "Moser style" handpainted in white and gold and bearing a shield ...

Glass scent bottle with painted golden curls with a swan embossed on the cap

Clear glass scent bottle rimmed in gold metal and decorated with painted golden curls. Screw gilt metal cap, heavily ornate with a...

Ring-shaped scent bottle in Bristol blue cut glass

Ring-shaped scent bottle in Bristol blue cut glass. Matching round stopper.

Silver and enamel vinaigrette with the sospension rod made by two snakes with enamel heads and eyes

Silver and enamel vinaigrette. Weaved body with enamelled bands with a "Greek" decor. Turquoise enamelled hinged cap. The sospens...

Bicolor scent bottle in white and red opaline

Unusual bicolor scent bottle in white and red opaline embellished by a gilt metal openwork on the front. Screw vermeil cap, partia...

Shell-shaped uranium glass scent bottle

Shell-shaped uranium glass scent bottle. This is the most typical colour of this glass which in the 20's led to the nickname "vas...

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...