Pomme de senteur (pomander) à huit quartiers en vermeil et argent par Denis Mauny ou Antoine II Morelot, Dijon, vers 1680-1683

reposant sur un pied circulaire plat vissé, le corps en forme de grenade appliqué de huit petits personnages en argent, ouvrant sur huit compartiments, (certains repercés) à glissières chacune gravée d'un nom de parfum : tubéreuse, binjouin, pastille, ambre, jonquille, musque, jasmin et sivette, la partie supérieure à bouton poussoir sans doute destinée à l'aspersion

In overall good condition ; some small holes in the drawers. The foot can be screwed. It is possible that a hook was fixed on the top in order to be hung up from a chain. on the inside stem are engraved Roman figures from I to VIII. Above them are engraved the letters: M I S T B P A I, initials for each flagrance. Each drawer engraved with a Roman figure on the side. The "ambre" drawer difficult to open. Date letter P on Tubereuse stem, maker's mark M on Sivette stem. Very rare and attractive piece.
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Pour d'autres pommes de senteurs, voir Le Bain et le Miroir, Gallimard, 2009, pp. 34, 51, 332-337.

Un pomander de modèle très similaire, ayant conservé son étui, figure dans les collections du Cooper Hewitt Museum de New York.