Pomander
On display
Pomander, silver, parcel-gilt with six hinged sections. The rounded surface engraved with three roundels, probably representing continents, together with fruits and leaves. The base, which unscrews to reveal a spatula-shaped shaft, has a pierced and gilt grille at the bottom. At the top a hanging ring.
Details
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Title
Pomander
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Associated place
Netherlands (place of creation) -
Date
c. 1620 -
Material and technique
part-gilt silver
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Object type
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Dimensions
excluding hanging ring 6.1 cm (height) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Bequeathed by Michael Wellby, 2012.
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Museum location
Second floor | Gallery 53 | European Goldsmiths' Work -
Museum department
Western Art
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Accession no.
WA2013.1.306.5
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Further reading
Anna Cecilia Koldeweij, ‘Vind’, (2015), ---, ---, illus. p. 34
Koldeweij, Anna Cecilia, ‘Van kunstkamer tot museumzaal: De nagelaten collectie van Michael Wellby’, (2015)
Wilson, Timothy, Winterbottom, Matthew, Treasures of the Goldsmith's Art: The Michael Wellby Bequest to the Ashmolean Museum (Ashmolean Museum University of Oxford, 2015)
