🥇 BANNER Colonial Silver Pomander

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Walked onto the site turned on the F22 and started swinging. This was in my first hole. I don't know what it is yet but I'm pretty sure it's old, silver and hand engraved. I'm sure someone can tell me what it is pretty quick. I can't complain about my silver coin drought with finds like this one though

EDIT: This has been identified. It's called a Pomander and here is a link to more info and a similar piece

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomander

https://books.google.com/books?id=p...page&q=pomander drake collection pear&f=false

 

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Great looking piece of history you dug up, hope it gets up top as it really a different find.

Thanks. I keep getting it out to look at it but not sure if I should clean it or leave it. Don't want to damage it

 

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[pganjon]

Beautiful, I am going to take a Guess and say it is a Tea ball or used to put tea leaves in and dunking in a cup for tea. Colonial is a real possibility! Paul

 

[toasted]

Beautiful, I am going to take a Guess and say it is a Tea ball or used to put tea leaves in and dunking in a cup for tea. Colonial is a real possibility! Paul

Thanks but doesn't a tea ball have only one compartment and is usually "ball" shaped and covered in holes. A pomander is the only thing it could be.

 

[Erik in NJ]

Why are we still taking guesses on this item when we have a confirmed ID? Maybe you should ask the moderators to change the thread title as it would seem that many do not take the time to read the thread and initially we didn't know what it was. I think the thread title is unfortunately affecting the number of Banner votes.

 

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I contacted the moderaters and edited my original post again. I thought the link I added last weekend would end the speculation. Is the link working?

 

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Thread title has been changed.

 

[Erik in NJ]

Good job on the title change -- hopefully this item will get the attention it deserves. The hand engraving on this item is spectacular.

 

[against the wind]

Very sweet, , Congrats

 

[CoinandRelicMan]

Great item there, why isn't it up on banner yet? Big congrats on the superb find Toasted !!!

 

[BigWaveDave]

Congrats on your piece making Banner!!!

 

[NEPADIGGER7]

Great find man that is sooo neat never saw something like that!

 

[RelicMedic]

Congratulations on getting banner for your pomander. It deserves to be up there!

 

[coinman123]

Truly worthy of the banner. That would be a dream find for me.

 

[Vino]

Big congrats! !
Glad it finally made it up there..

 

[Erik in NJ]

Just finally got in after several .... congrats brother on the truly worthy Banner find!

 

[RJ55]

Congratulations on making banner.

 

[toasted]

Many thanks to all. Happy hunting

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Congratulations on your find toasted and in making the BANNER!

Dave

 

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

awesome piece! congrats on the banner!

 

[swamp yankee]

It looks like a pomander to me. They didn't bathe very often in the "good old days" so they would put perfumes of different types to hide/cover the smells.Figure they used corncobs for terlit paper back then....