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Message:: [QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 3615524, member: 111"]Many here know that I have a weakness for spoons, collecting them for decades, but I do have other silver pieces as well - and what I have long admired, but haven't had as part of my silver collection, are Scandinavian and Dutch scent-boxes or vinaigrettes.  So I decided to look for a Danish 'hovedvansaeg', specifically egg-form, a Norwegian 'luktevannshus', specifically heart-form, and a Dutch 'lodereindoosje', specifically basket-form - and succeeded, but in the process, somehow ended up with seven other pieces as well, and thought I'd share them... In the back is the Danish piece, mid 19th century, small red glass 'stone' set in the top, and the Norwegian piece, also mid 19th century, each measure about 2-3/4" tall. The five boxes in the center, dating from 1860 to 1868 and ranging from 1-5/8" to 1-7/8" tall, are all Dutch, the basket-form piece likely missing a chain and ring. The cast 2" scent-heart at bottom left is probably an early 20th century piece, maybe Scandinavian, but I'd guess German, the unmarked 1-1/4" lathe-turned egg (riechei) at bottom right, which unscrews into three pieces, and probably had a separate grille as well, is most likely 18th century German, and the 1-1/4" wide vinaigrette at bottom center is Birmingham, 1810. [ATTACH=full]307517[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]307518[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]307519[/ATTACH] ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]