Censer
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A censer, incense burner, perfume burner or pastille burner is a vessel made for burning incense or perfume in some solid form. They vary greatly in size, form, and material of construction, and have
Catholic thurible, or chain censer, designed for swinging
Censer from Tibet, late 19th century, silver
Censer in form of a one-domed cubic Russian church, late 15th-early 16th century, silver, total height: 27.5 cm, width: 10.5 cm, the Moscow Kremlin Museums (Moscow, Russia)
A Qing dynasty qilin-shaped incense burner
Pomander
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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, musk, or civet. The pomander was worn or carried in a case as a protection against infectio
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…Pastilles were made at home until their heyday in the early 19th century, and the burners are often made in ceramic. Some types could also be used as pomanders, where the perfume diffuses slowly by evaporation rather than burning. For direct-burning incense, pieces of the incense are burned by placing them…
Venetian woman with a pomander
A Consultation of Physicians, or The Company of Undertakers (1736) by William Hogarth satirizes the medical profession and shows a group of doctors, all smelling the pomanders built into the handles of their canes.
An orange studded with cloves.
Global and box pomander