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A Gorgeous Victorian Silver & Cut Glass Scent Bottle
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A Gorgeous Victorian Silver & Cut Glass Scent Bottle

19th century
Description

A superb silver mounted scent bottle or flask. This gorgeous and rather unusual design has a heavily cut body with panel and lobe cutting. The hinged silver lid is of repousse work, featuring flowers and leaves. Inside there is the original peg stopper. A lovely collector's item, with a practical use. Dimensions below.

Postage and packing £12.00 UK

£20.00 Europe

£28.00 Outside Europe

£50.00 (including 10% tariff)

Condition :- Excellent, with no chips or cracks to the glass and no holes or dents to the silver lid.

Hallmarks :- Unmarked, but tests as silver.

Date :- c1870.

Height :- 9.5 cms.

Depth :- 2 cms.

Width :- 3.5 cms.

Physical Dimensions
Height
10cm (3.94")
Width
4cm (1.57")
Depth
2cm (0.79")
Declaration

Jeff Sims Antiques has dated this Victorian Silver Scent Bottle to the 1870s.

Reference Numbers
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SA1222763
Dealers Internal Reference
13942
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Description
A superb silver mounted scent bottle or flask. This gorgeous and rather unusual design has a heavily cut body with panel and lobe cutting. The hinged silver lid is of repousse work, featuring flowers and leaves. Inside there is the original peg stopper. A lovely collector's item, with a practical use. Dimensions below.
fig 1. A Victorian cut glass scent bottle featuring a diamond-patterned body and an embossed silver top.
fig 1. A Gorgeous Victorian Silver & Cut Glass Scent Bottle

Postage and packing £12.00 UK

£20.00 Europe

£28.00 Outside Europe

£50.00 (including 10% tariff)

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Condition :- Excellent, with no chips or cracks to the glass and no holes or dents to the silver lid.
Jeff Sims Antiques

Hallmarks :- Unmarked, but tests as silver.

Date :- c1870.

Height :- 9.5 cms.

Depth :- 2 cms.

Width :- 3.5 cms.

Height
10cm (3.94")
Width
4cm (1.57")
Depth
2cm (0.79")
Date of Manufacture

Jeff Sims Antiques has dated this Victorian Silver Scent Bottle to the 1870s.

Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Ref
SA1222763
Dealers Internal Ref
13942
Jeff Sims Antiques
Jeff Sims Antiques
Sellingantiques verified Since Jan 2010

Antique silver, glass, jewellery and object de vertu.

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Archive I A Victorian cut glass scent bottle featuring a diamond-patterned body and an embossed silver top.

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A Victorian cut glass scent bottle featuring a diamond-patterned body and an embossed silver top.
A gorgeous Victorian silver & cut glass scent bottle
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A Victorian cut glass scent bottle featuring a diamond-patterned body and an embossed silver top.
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  • ObjectPerfume & Scent Bottles
  • Period19th century
  • StyleVictorian
  • MaterialCut Glass, Silver
  • ColourClear, Silver
  • MotifsDiamond cut glass, Embossed silver cap, Repousse scrollwork
  • SizeH 10 cm (4 in) x W 4 cm (2 in) x D 2 cm (1 in)

This Victorian scent bottle originates from around 1870. The vessel takes the form of a pocket flask with an elongated oval silhouette rendered in clear cut glass and silver hardware, displaying grey and white undertones across the faceted surfaces and a metallic luster on the cap. The body is decorated with an intricate pattern of deep diamond-cut facets combined with vertical lobe cutting towards the rounded base. A hinged, embossed silver lid featuring repousse scrollwork adorned with floral and leaf motifs caps the narrow neck. The piece measures 10 cm high, 4 cm wide, and 2 cm deep. In a modern home, this scent bottle functions as a decorative accessory suitable for display on a bedside table, dressing table, or vanity shelf. The piece sits securely on any flat surface while holding liquid fragrance or serving as a cabinet display item. Collectors of nineteenth-century vanity items can integrate the flask into a display tray alongside other Victorian smalls, bringing period character to a bedroom interior.

FAQs

A Victorian silver and cut glass scent bottle is a small personal vessel produced during the nineteenth century to store perfume, liquid scents, or smelling salts. These items were designed both for practical use on dressing tables and as portable luxury accessories, combining heavy cut lead crystal with silver mountings.

These bottles were crafted using mouth-blown lead crystal, which was then hand-cut on abrasive wheels to create facets, diamonds, or fluting that refracted light. The metal caps were often produced from sterling silver or silver plate, shaped using pressing or repousse techniques, and fitted with internal ground-glass stoppers.

Authentic pieces generally display British silver hallmarks or makers marks stamped around the collar or inside the cap. Evidence of hand-cutting on the glass body, natural surface wear on the base, and original fitted ground-glass stoppers under the silver cap also indicate period authenticity.

Antique scent bottles are commonly displayed on mirrored vanity trays, bedside tables, or inside glass-fronted cabinets alongside other period dressing table accessories. Placing them where natural light strikes the cut glass highlights the faceted geometry and reflective silver work.

Clean the glass body using a soft, damp microfibre cloth and mild soapy water, avoiding submersion if the silver collar is glued to the neck. Silver tops should be buffed gently with a dedicated silver polishing cloth to remove tarnish without allowing liquid polish to enter the glass chamber.
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