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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, souvenir of Stratford on Avon

Porcelain scent bottle made for the English souvenirs market. It figures a little girl sitting against a tree trunk liberally deco...
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Augarten porcelain scent bottle, with monogram

Augarten porcelain scent bottle, exagonal-shaped, richly decorated in gold with the Austrian eagle and the monogram VÖB on one sid...
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Porcelain scent bottle, souvenir of Calais

Porcelain scent bottle with a decal, bearing the words: CALAIS - L'Hotel de Ville. On the bottom a round mark with the word "impo...
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Shell-shaped porcelain scent bottle, souvenir of London

Shell-shaped porcelain scent bottle for the "not so rich". Hand painted with forget me not and a scroll bearing the words "A prese...
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Heart-shaped porcelain scent bottle, souvenir of Weymouth

Heart-shaped scent bottle for "not so rich" in hand-painted porcelain with flowers and a scroll bearing the words: "A present from...
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Round porcelain scent bottle, souvenir of Seaton

Round flattened porcelain scent bottle, showing a decal with a view of Seaton. Screw cap in silver, full hallmarked for Birmingham...
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Porcelain chatelaine scent bottle, souvenir of Dublin

Ovoid chatelaine scent bottle in porcelain with a decal showing a city center. It bears the words: "Sackville Street - Dublin". T...
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Porcelain chatelaine scent bottle, souvenir of Osborne House (UK)

Heart-shaped scent bottle in porcelain, showing a decal of a building and the words "Osborne House I.W.". Srew silver cap hallmark...
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Porcelain chatelaine scent bottle, souvenir of Sault Ste.Marie-Ont” “the Canadian Locks” (CA)

Oval chatelaine scent bottle in porcelain, showing a decal with the view of a dock and the words "Sault Ste.Marie-Ont" "the Canad...
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Oval porcelain pendant scent bottle, souvenir of Liverpool

Ovoid scent bottle in porcelain, showing a decal of a city center. It bears the word 'Liverpool'. Brass hinged cap.
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Heart-shaped porcelain scent bottle, souvenir of the Lawrence Chemist of Knaresborough

Heart shaped porcelain scent bottle depicting the Lawrence Chemist of Knaresborough, the oldest chemist shop in England. Establish...
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Porcelain scent bottle, souvenir of Tighnabruaich

Round scent bottle in hand-painted porcelain with flowers and a scroll saying "A present from Tighnabruaich"; this village is in S...
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