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A pomander, from French pomme d'ambre, i.e., apple of amber, is a ball made for perfumes, such as ambergris (hence the name), musk, or civet. [1] The pomander was worn or carried in a case as a protection against infection in times of pestilence or merely as a useful article to modify bad smells. [ 1 ]
He was known as the first craftsman to build clockworks into "Bisamköpfe", musk-balls or pomanders, small pendant containers fashioned from precious metals for fragrances or disinfectants; these are now known as pomander watches. [2] [19] [4] In November of 1509, he became a master in the city's locksmith guild. [2]
North American colonies 1763–76. The cuisine of the Thirteen Colonies includes the foods, bread, eating habits, and cooking methods of the Colonial United States.. In the period leading up to 1776, a number of events led to a drastic change in the diet of the American colonists.
A "scent defuser" is a good definition for the pomander. A pomander is a "deliverer" of nice scents. You immerse the perfumed ball into the container and it becomes "the deliverer" of good smells. In Medieval times it was also "the savior" as it supposedly saved you from infections by replacing bad evil smells (of the Black Death) with the nice ...
The cuisine of the antebellum United States characterizes American eating and cooking habits from about 1776 to 1861. During this period different regions of the United States adapted to their surroundings and cultural backgrounds to create specific regional cuisines, modernization of technology led to changes in food consumption, and evolution of taverns into hotels led to the beginnings of ...
The balls and festivals of 1797 and the laws regulating such activities are of special interest to many keen to better understand the dynamics of the closing years of the French Revolution. That people dance and sing to escape sadness and toil is a timeless fact of human life, and of agrarian life in particular.
An early watch from around 1505 purportedly by Peter Henlein A pomander watch from 1530 once belonged to Philip Melanchthon and is now in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. The first timepieces to be worn, made in the 16th century beginning in the German cities of Nuremberg and Augsburg, were transitional in size between clocks and watches. [5]
This vast tract was first settled at Mobile and Biloxi around 1700, and continued to grow reaching 7,000 French immigrants. René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle and Enrico Tonti founded New Orleans, and Enrico Tonti was governor of the Louisiana Territory for the next 20 years. Settlement proceeded very slowly; New Orleans became an ...