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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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Stick brooch with hanged round glass scent bottle in an enamelled metal cage

Stick brooch with hanged round glass scent bottle enclosed in a gilt metal cage. The front is decorated with enamelled flowers of ...

Heart-haped brooch with glass scent bottle and Africa-shaped enamel

Heart-haped clear glass scent bottle encased in goldtone metal cage. On the front an Africa's shape enamel shows two women in trad...

Metal stick brooch with a round flask showing a flower and a torquoise

Silver stick brooch with a round flask hanged by two little springs and decorated with an embossed single flower and a little torq...

Silver stick brooch with a round scent bottle in filigree and turquoises

Silver stick brooch with a round scent bottle hanged with three little crossed chains. The silver filigree is enriched by seven em...

Silver stick brooch with amphora-shaped scent bottle with four tiny gems.

Silver stick brooch with amphora-shaped scent bottle hanged with four little chains. The silver body is enriched by four embedded...

Ewer-shaped scent bottle, souvenir of Leipzig Expo, 1897

Oval glass scent bottle, ewer-shaped and mounted in gilt brass, souvenir of Leipzig. Scrolled leaf handle and original stopper. I...

Wood hand-painted doll case with “a la garcon” hairstyle and glass vial

Wood hand-painted doll case containing a little glass vial with glass wand stopper. The little woman has got "a la garcon" hairsty...

Mou bakelite case in a form of a woman of the “Twenties” with glass vial

Mou bakelite case in a form of a woman with typical look and dress of the "Twenties". It opens to reveal a glass vial with long wa...

Round porcelain scent bottle made for the International Exposition in Barcelona, 1929

Round porcelain scent bottle made for the International Exposition in Barcelona (1929), showing the Royal palace entrance. Silvere...

Really tiny oval scent bottle in silver with a guilloche enamelled pink rose

Really tiny oval scent bottle in silver with a guilloche enamelled pink rose on the front. The back is plain. Screw oval cap and s...

Hexagonal prism silver scent bottle with central oval for monogram

Hexagonal prism silver scent bottle with central oval for monogram. "Mushroom" shaped screw silver cap. Full hallmarked for London...

Cylindrical hobnail faceted glass scent bottle with metal cap imitating a crown

Cylindrical hobnail faceted clear glass scent bottle. Metal mount with hinged metal cap imitating a crown.