Hovedvandaeg Scent Bottle, 1700-1899. Silver. Denmark.

Hoedvands Aegs were the forerunner of smelling salts or perfume bottles. The object had a main chamber which held a sponge into which the Hovedvand (head water) was placed. It consisted of the distillates of plants such as lavender, carnation, cinnamon, cardamom, musk and ambergris. Via Goldstein Design Museum