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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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Period
Ancient
16th century
17th century
18th century
Early 19th century
Late 19th century
1900-1940
1940-Today

Material
Glass
Porcelain
Silver or Vermeil or Gold
Metal
Enamelled metal
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Type
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Silver plated scent bottle, souvenir of Mont Saint Michel (FR)

Silver plated scent bottle, pillow shaped, souvenir of Mont Saint Michel. Screw cap.

Heart-shaped porcelain scent bottle souvenir of the “Palacio de industria y Arte Antiguo Sevilla – 1929

Heart-shaped porcelain scent bottle showing the "Palacio de industria y Arte Antiguo Sevilla"; brass mounted with screw cap; prob...

Oval porcelain scent bottle, souvenir of the Palace of Justice in Bruxelles

Flat oval porcelain scent bottle, souvenir of Bruxelles, showing the Palace of Justice. Brass mount and hinged cap.

Pendant porcelain scent bottle, souvenir of the Theatre of the Monnaie, Bruxelles (B)

Ovoid porcelain scent bottle, souvenir of Bruxelles, showing the Theatre of the Monnaie. Brass mount and screw cap with suspension...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...