Posted 8 years ago
CarrieT
(7 items)
Item belonged to my Great Grandma. Has the # 29 stamped on the inside.
What is it and what was it used for?
Mystery stick pin, box?? Very old | ||
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Posted 8 years ago
CarrieT
(7 items)
Item belonged to my Great Grandma. Has the # 29 stamped on the inside.
What is it and what was it used for?
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Your little stick pin is called a vinaigrette.
Definition:
Vinaigrette are usually small boxes with a hinged lid, which opens to reveal a pierced grill, also hinged, and underneath the grill would be a small sponge. soaked in an oily sweet smelling substance. Used both by men and women were generally carried whilst travelling, to give a pleasent aroma as the streets.
Fabulous item. !!!!!!
It may also have held solid perfume at one time.
Just wonderful!!
Mystery solved.
Thanks Efesgirl!
Such an awesome stick pin. Kudos to Bonnie for solving this one!!
Your grandmother was a saucy girl! The scene on the cover is Leda & the Swan, a theme more favored for men's jewelry, so perhaps it was a cravat pin grandma had from a gentleman.
Many artists took up the theme, Michelangelo among them:
https://michelangelobuonarrotietornato.com/2015/02/23/la-leda-con-cigno/