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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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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...

Palais Royal presentation with porcelain statuettes and opaline scent bottle

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 ...

Gilt and enamel amphora-shaped scent bottle in Neo-Egyptian style

Amphora-shaped scent bottle in gilded metal enamelled to look like an ancient Egyptian vessel; screw cap; glass liner inside and g...

Carved and painted alabastron with original cap.

Unguentarium made of alabaster, carved and painted to made a diamonds decor. Matching hemispherical stopper.

Crystal and silver-gilt mounted scent bottle in the Gothic manner

Silver-gilt mounted scent bottle in the Gothic manner, baluster and faceted form, with applied strap-work with engraved decoratio...

Round scent bottle made from a so called Franchini bead “madre perla rosea” in Murano.

An extremely rare scent bottle crafted from a lampwork pearl known as "pink mother-of-pearl," first produced by Franchini in 1827

Round glass scent bottle totally covered in lampwork aventurine glass

Silver gilt scent bottle of octagonal form with “Julia” engraved in Gothic letters

Silver gilt scent bottle of octagonal form with engraving "Julia" in Gothic letters. Hemispherical cap tied by a chain to the body...

Shield-shaped porcelain scent bottle with a classical urn filled with fruit

Shield-shaped porcelain scent bottle, relief moulded with a classical urn filled with fruit.