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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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Small scent bottle with murrine – 5 –

Tiny spearhead scent bottle in millefiori glass with flowers-shaped murrine, perhaps produced by the Toso brothers, active in Mura...

Small scent bottle in gold and silver leaf glass – 6 –

Tiny egg-shaped scent bottle in gold and silver leaf Murano glass, imitating a rosebud, perhaps produced by the Toso brothers, act...

Heart-shaped earthenware scent bottle with fine floral decorations

Heart-shaped earthenware scent bottle, hand-painted with two different floral decord on both sides. Probably the stopper was a co...

Silver filigree dance chatelaine with belt clip and decoration characterized by “fleurs de lys”

Silver alloy filigree dance chatelaine with belt clip and decoration characterized by "fleurs de lys". The round container with "h...

Blue glass and silver aventurine scent bottle with murrine featuring white stars

Black glass and silver aventurine scent bottle with white stars murrine on blue glass. Brass mount and hinged lid with repousse fo...

Green glazed porcelain scent bottle with bouquets in gold friezes

Green enamel scent bottle with white cartouches, front and back decorated with springs of flowers bordered by a golden frieze. Sil...

Necessaire in a silver mounted Spanish nut.

Étui made with a Spanish walnut, silver mounted. It contains a tiny pair of scissors, a gilded silver thimble, a silver toothpick ...

Palais Royal presentation, showing an open mother of pearl “egg” with glass scent bottle

Palais Royal presentation, showing a cylindrical faceted clear glass bottle enclosed in an open mother of pearl "egg" supported by...

Green glass scent bottle, memento of the Bulgarian Rebellion (1876)

Green glass scent bottle, attached to a watch chain, showing a cannon and some words in Bulgarian meaning " Society of Evil Glen ...

Jacket-button with a brass hunting horn enclosing a striped glass scent bottle

Jacket-button made of a brass hunting horn enclosing a round scent bottle in white-striped blown glass. Tiny cork stopper with a b...

Enamelled silver scent bottle and vinaigrette decorated with flowers and foliage by S.Mordan

Enamelled silver scent bottle decorated with polychromatic scrolling flowers and foliage on a white ground with purple border. Sil...

Double hinged scent bottle with box, shaped as an opera glass

Double scent container made to fold in the center to take the aspect of an opera glass. The mounting is solid gold, except for an ...