A GERMAN SILVER POMANDER

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A GERMAN SILVER POMANDER
17TH CENTURY

Of typical form, on a domed foot with a grille at the base, rising to a spherical body divided into eight hinged wedge-shaped segments, each engraved with a figure, some with original sliding interior covers engraved with inscriptions, all sections fitting into the threaded circular domed cover with loop for suspension, apparently unmarked--1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm.) long