Novelty silver scent bottle sold for £900 at Chiswick Auctions.
By Walter Thornhill, London 1886, the 3in (7cm) long scent bottle with screw top and gilt lining was modelled as a paint tube and enamelled with an imitation paper label reading Vandyke Brown, Walter Thornhill & Co, 144 New Bond St.
Estimated at £250-350 at the June 17 sale, it sold at £900.
