A 17th century German silver pomander, unmarked, baluster shaped on domed circular foot, the screw-off cover with hexafoil baluster finial, the bodyprising six segments with exterior engraved with panels of figures working in landscape settings, chased floral borders, the pomander opens to reveal six gilded segments, engraved decoration, each with a slide-off cover inscribed various floral and herbal names 'Ruden', 'Canel', 'Rosen', 'Rosmerin', 'Schlog', and 'Melgelken', height 5.7cm, approx. weight 2.2oz. Provenance: The Arthur Holder Collection. Christie's, London, Important Silver The Property of a European Collector, 5 July 2005, lot 96. Sotheby's London 21 October 1971, lot 153, The Property of a Lady.