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| Keywords: Pomander - Walters 44482.jpg A pomander was a pierced container usually of highly decorated metal containing an aromatic substance such as balsam resin or ambergris a sweet-smelling oily wax regurgitated by the sperm whale worn to protect against bad odors Women often suspended them from their girdle belt Pomander can also refer to the sweet-smelling substances themselves which today we may put in a drawer with linens or underwear Here a small pomander is combined with a toothpick a necessity in the time before toothbrushes Queen Elizabeth I of England 1533-1603 carried one During the 1600s the popularity of wooden toothpicks made carrying one like this a bit old-fashioned between 1550 1600 Renaissance gold enamel diamond rubies pearls cm 8 1 accession number 44 482 29870 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters World of Wonder The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1971-1972 Jewelry - Ancient to Modern The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979-1980 Objects of Adornment Five Thousand Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Gallery Baltimore Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum New York; Chrysler Museum of Art Norfolk; Carnegie Museum of Art Pittsburgh; San Antonio Museum of Art San Antonio; Philbrook Museum of Art Tulsa; Honolulu Academy of Arts Honolulu; New Orleans Museum of Art New Orleans; Milwaukee Art Museum Milwaukee; Minneapolis Institute of Arts Minneapolis; Toledo Museum of Art Toledo; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Sarasota 1984-1987 Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum and the Zucker Family Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1987 place of origin Germany Walters Art Museum license Renaissance applied arts in the Walters Art Museum German art in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Pomanders | ||||
