Pomander and Vinaigrette
1600-1650 (made)
1600-1650 (made)
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Combined Pomander and Vinaigrette, silver and parcel-gilt engraved with flowers, arabesques, and surmounted by a dragon. The pomander is divided into six segments, numbered 1 to 6 on the exterior (these numbers not visible when pomander is closed up). Two of the segments have their sliding lids, also numbered and engraved with blank labels (to be engraved with the perfume that would be stored in the segment). The central shaft of the pomander is engraved with scrolling foliage patterns and gilded, and is also numbered 1 to 6 on the top to correspond with each segment. The vinaigrette at the base unscrews from the pomander; the pierced base is gilded and unscrews in two halves. The finial is gilded and the suspension loop is in the form of a dragon with a curled tail.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 4 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Silver, and gilded silver |
| Brief description | Combined pomander and vinaigrette, silver,western Europe, 1600-1650 |
| Physical description | Combined Pomander and Vinaigrette, silver and parcel-gilt engraved with flowers, arabesques, and surmounted by a dragon. The pomander is divided into six segments, numbered 1 to 6 on the exterior (these numbers not visible when pomander is closed up). Two of the segments have their sliding lids, also numbered and engraved with blank labels (to be engraved with the perfume that would be stored in the segment). The central shaft of the pomander is engraved with scrolling foliage patterns and gilded, and is also numbered 1 to 6 on the top to correspond with each segment. The vinaigrette at the base unscrews from the pomander; the pierced base is gilded and unscrews in two halves. The finial is gilded and the suspension loop is in the form of a dragon with a curled tail. |
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| Credit line | Given by the Misses Dagmar and Gladys Farrant in memory of Arthur Maud Loscombe Wallis |
| Object history | Sterckshof Exhibition RF.2010/400 |
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| Bibliographic reference | Lincoln, Margarette, ed. Samuel Pepys: Plague, Fire, Revolution. Catalogue of the exhibition held 20 November 2015 - 28 March 2016 at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. London: Thames and Hudson, 2015. ISBN 9780500518144 |
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| Accession number | M.84:1 to 4-1933 |
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| Record created | May 26, 2005 |
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