A Renaissance silver pomander - image-1

Lot 1107 Dα

A Renaissance silver pomander

Auction 1230 - overview Cologne
17.11.2023, 10:00 - Decorative Arts - Silver, Porcelain, Faience
Estimate: 4.000 € - 4.500 €
Result: 25.200 € (incl. premium)

A Renaissance silver pomander

Spherical pomander comprised of two sections connected by a central screw, suspended from a wrought silver chain. Decorated on the exterior with pierced flowerheads amid finely engraved ribbons. With remnants of gilding. Diameter 3.5 cm, weight 17 g.
Unmarked, attributed to Germany, around 1600.

Literature

Cf. a pomander in the exhibition of the Deutsches Medizinhistorischen Museums Ingolstadt, illus. in Meininghaus/Habrich, Aromata, Düfte und edle Flakons, Stuttgart 1998, no. 10.