Georgian silver double-ended scent bottle
The small silver bottle with two ends, one for scented water and one for smelling salts.
The double-ended bottle had a compartment for perfume at one end and one for smelling salts at the other, and was carried in a pocket or on a chain. Silver bottles were common in 18th-century England.
The everyday objects that belonged to a lady’s equipment show how scent and health were connected: smelling salts were used against faintness, and perfume against odours.
Materials: Silver, glass, sometimes gilded inside
Manufacture: Made by English silversmiths in Birmingham and London.
The two ends, each with its own stopper.
The engraved or embossed surface.
The chain loop by which the bottle is carried.