Pomander Silver. Spherical body on round conical... Lot 507

Pomander Silver. Spherical body on round conical base; the wall with engraved acanthus and stylized flowers. The screw-in carrying ring holds six hinged segments with small sliding lid, each engraved "KANEL", "SCHLAG", "ROSMARIN", "MUSCAT", "ROSEN", "NEGELKEN" and numbered 1 to 6. The screw-in foot with fixed spoon in the pomander column and six soldered silver beads; monograms "TS NS" engraved on the underside. Unmarked. H 5,8 cm, weight 79 g. Probably South Germany 17th century. Literature Cf. two pomanders from the Schwarzkopf collection, illustrated in Edmund Launert, Parfüm und Flakons, Kostbare Gefäße für erlesenen Duft, Munich 1985, fig. no. 50 ff. Cf. also Heiner Meininghaus et al, Aromata, Düfte und edle Flakons aus fünf Jahrhunderten, Stuttgart 1998, p. 58.