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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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Enamelled metal scent bottle, souvenir of Florida

Souvenir in enamelled metal showing a tropical landscape and the word "Florida". Metal screw cap.

Glass scent bottle bearing two portraits of Mao Tse Tung

Glass scent bottle bearing two portraits of Mao Tse Tung in two different periods of his life painted from the inside of the bottl...

Square yellow glass atomizer, souvenir of the Fiji Islands

Square yellow glass atomizer in a metal frame with a paper image under plastic showing a landscape of the Fiji Islands. Original c...

Glass scent bottle enclosed between two Napoleonic coins

Clear glass scent bottle enclosed between two coins with Napoleon's profile on one side and the monogram N on the other one. Screw...

Flat round hammered metal scent bottle, souvenir of Brussel

Flat round hammered metal scent bottle. Screw cap with the reproduction of the statue of the little naked boy urinating in a fount...

Atpmizer scent bottle in creamy porcelain showing the silhouettes of a courting couple

Round and flat scent bottle in creamy porcelain showing the silhouettes of a courting couple, sitting on a bench. Metal sprinkler ...

Lowestof crested porcelain scent bottle

Crested porcelain scent bottle of the town of Lowestoft (Suffolk) bearing the ancient name "Soffoche Villa Lowestoft". Marked for ...

Penzance crested porcelain scent bottle

Crested porcelain scent bottle and cap of the town of Penzance (Cornwall) bearing the motto "Pensans Domini 1614". Porcelain cap. ...

Torquay crested porcelain scent bottle

Crested porcelain scent bottle of the town of Torquay (Devon) bearing the motto "Salus et Felicitas" (Health and Happiness). Mark...

Bernard Castle crested porcelain scent bottle

Crested porcelain scent bottle of Barnard Castle (Durham) in opalescent white porcelain. Gilded metal cap with no marks. Possibly ...

Cologne crested porcelain scent bottle

Tiny crested porcelain scent bottle of the German city of Koln. Screw gilded cap with a little suspension ring and no marks.

Metal scent bottle showing the enameled Australian crest

Flask-shaped crested scent bottle in metal, bearing an enamel badge coat of arms stating Australia. Marked EPNS on the back for "e...