Other bottles are shaped like animals, human figures, fruit and flowers, and one has two carnival masks facing in opposite directions. One appears to be a standoff between a parrot and a hen; it holds two fragrances and once belonged to Mozelle Sassoon, an early 20th-century art collector and philanthropist.

Read more (and look at the pictures!) in 18th-Century Perfume Bottles Come Up for Auction at The New York Times.