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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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Square black glass scent bottle with hand-painted flowers

Square black glass scent bottle with hand painted flowers and decor. Hinged embossed brass cap.
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Ovoid brass scent bottle with small raised hieroglyph, animals and symbols

Brass scent bottle of ovoid shape, the surface covered all over with small raised hieroglyph, animals and symbols. The latch top l...
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Chatelaine scent bottle made from a mussel shell with crown-shaped latch top

Chatelaine scent bottle made with a complete shell of mussel. Brass mount with a crown cap with cork sliding up the suspension ch...
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Chatelaine scent bottle in brass with engine turning decor and a Stanhope lens

Chatelaine scent bottle in brass with engine turning decor of alternate stripes. The latch top, shaped as a crown with cork, slide...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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.
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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...
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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...
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