A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER POMANDER
A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER POMANDER
A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER POMANDER
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A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER POMANDER
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A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER POMANDER

APPARENTLY UNMARKED, CIRCA 1600

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A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER POMANDER
APPARENTLY UNMARKED, CIRCA 1600
Spherical and on spreading base applied with eight brackets, the underside pierced with scrolls, the sides engraved with two cupids, a putto blowing bubbles and another with a surveyor's dividers, each within a circular cartouche surrounded by foliage, the detachable cover with a ring finial opening to reveal the eight segments, each with a sliding cover numbered and engraved with the name of a spice or flower
total height 2 in. (5 cm.)
18 dwt. (29 gr.)

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The segments are engraved '1 Canet', cinnamon, '2 Moscat', nutmeg, '3 Rosen', roses, '4 Schlag', a compound of ambergris, musk and civet, '5 Ruten', rue, '6 Negelken' - cloves, '7 Anbar', ambergris and '8 Citronen', lemon.

The term pomander is derived from the French pomme d'ambre, for 'apple of amber'. It is used to describe a silver or gold container for scents. Fashionable ladies often wore them hung from their girdle belt, alongside other accessories, such as a muff and mirror. They were used to ward off bad odors and, in the mind of the 17th century citizen, to thus protect against infection. In its early form the pomander or musk would have held a single ball, such as that sold Christie's London, 1 December 2005, lot 512. By the 17th century the pomander had developed into the distinct form of the present example with segments inside to contain a number of different scents.

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