[Spherical silver hinged container with floral design] [realia].

[Spherical silver hinged container with floral design] [realia].

Box title: Pomander of the time of Queen Elizabeth

[16th century?]

1 item ; diamter: 3 cm

"A pomander of the time of Queen Elizabeth. a very fine and curious specimen, in excellent preservation. A pomander was a composition of perfumes, wrought into the shape of a ball, and enclosed in a small receptacle, usually of silver or gold, and worn in the pocket, or appended as an ornament from the girdle, or about the neck." -- J.O. Halliwell-Phillipps.

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Halliwell-Phillipps, J.O. Lyttle boke gevinge a true and brief accounte of some reliques and curiosities, 3

H-P Lyttle Boke no.3 (realia)