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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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Metal and enamel scent flask showing the “NEC Exhibition” logo (1929)

Metal scent flask decorated with an applied plaque in enamel on copper showing the "NEC Exhibition" logo to one side. Screw little...

Heart-shaped chatelaine scent bottle enclosed between two heart-shaped gold-plated metal plates

Heart-shaped cut crystal chatelaine scent bottle. Enclosed between two heart-shaped gold-plated metal plates. Mounted in metal wit...

White glass with floral silver overlay with matching stopper

White glass with floral silver overlay with matching stopper.

Silver scent bottle, shaped for gloves

A distinctively shaped embossed silver scent bottle, commonly called a "glove bottle" because its shape allowed it to be slipped i...

Chatelaine scent bottle in faceted glass shaped as a gunpowder horn

Chatelaine scent bottle in faceted glass shaped as a gunpowder horn. Embossed silver hinged cap. Suspension chain with ring.

Royal Worcester ivory porcelain scent bottle shaped for gloves

Royal Worcester ivory porcelain scent bottle, of fluted and concave form, decorated with gilt and brown flowers and leaves. Gilded...

Oval-shaped scent bottle in orange guilloche enamel on copper

Flat oval-shaped scent bottle in orange guilloche enamel on copper. Screw vermeil cap with marks.

Flat copper scent bottle and mirror covered in pink guilloche enamel.

Flat copper bottle covered in antique pink guilloche enamel. The enamel design is different on the hinged lid, where it forms a ra...

Yellow glass scent bottle acid-etched, souvenir of the Lichtenthal Convent

Yellow glass scent bottle acid-etched, souvenir of the Lichtenthal Convent (Kloster Lichtenthal) founded in 1254. On the front a v...

Etched amarant glass scent bottle, souvenir of Coblenz

Cut to clear amarant glass scent bottle souvenir of Coblenz. On the front a view of the town and its name in gothic letters. Clear...

Engine turning silver bottle with a pink rose on a guilloche enamel panel

Silver bottle decorated with engine turning parallel lines and edged with an arabesque motif. The front features a delicate light ...

Etched amber glass scent bottle, souvenir of Bade

Amber glass scent bottle, violin-shaped. Etched floral decor and the words "Souvenir de Bade"- Screw brass cap. Grand Tour.