Lot 246
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AN ELIZABETH I SILVER POMANDER
AN ELIZABETH I SILVER POMANDER

LONDON, CIRCA 1580

Details
AN ELIZABETH I SILVER POMANDER
London, circa 1580
Spherical, the six segments each engraved with a portrait in an oval medallion, with threaded ring handle and circular foot, the interior engraved with stylized leaf borders, apparently unmarked
2 in. (5.08 cm.) high
Provenance
S.J. Shrubsole

Lot Essay

Pomanders are known from the late middle ages. They held a variety of spices and perfumes and were commonly shaped as a segmented orange, worn suspended from the neck. English examples are rare and frequently unmarked.