A Victorian novelty Scent Bottle formed as a Tube of Paint.

A Victorian novelty silver Scent Bottle with enamelled label, formed as a paint tube, for ‘Vandyke Brown’, London 1885, Walter Thornhill & Co., [overstamping another maker].

Thornhills, later absorbed by Asprey and Company,  specialised in retailing high quality novelty silver items and luxury accessories.

Another scent bottle in the form of a paint tube by this maker, with an identical ‘Vandyke Brown’ enamel label, has been noted: hallmarked for 1886.