Precious Moments Filled With Love Pomander with Potpourri

Precious Moments Filled With Love Pomander with Potpourri 216321 Ceramic, excellent condition, no box, has six scent holes and some pink scent balls inside, 1987 Samuel Butcher, vintage. Place it a closet, drawer, hang it in the kitchen, or the bathroom! Medieval herbalists used pomanders, mixtures of fragrant, dried herbs in cloth bags or perforated boxes, to ward off illness or bring strength and good fortune. The word “pomander” derives from the French pomme d’ambre, meaning “apple of amber”, a reference to the round shape of the object and the occasional addition of ambergris (an aged substance from the bile duct of a sperm whale). Strongly scented pomanders of ambergris were used in Europe during the time of the Black Death to (unsuccessfully) cover up and purify “bad air.” Today, pomander balls are usually a lot simpler; most consist of an orange or other citrus fruit studded with cloves and dusted with other spices. pomander - a mixture of aromatic substances enclosed in a perforated bag or box and used to scent clothes and linens or formerly carried as a guard against infection