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Source Description
A pastille was a category of scent that was used to perfume the air and a bastille burner was used to heat it up to disperse the pleasing smell to offset an unpleasant one. Pressed and enamelled
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
38366
label
Pastille Burner
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
38366
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Pastille Burner
description
A pastille was a category of scent that was used to perfume the air and a bastille burner was used to heat it up to disperse the pleasing smell to offset an unpleasant one. Pressed and enamelled
provenance
Acquired by Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Musuem, 1931.
date
1500s
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
burners
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
3.5
height
19.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 1 3/8 x W: 7 11/16 in. (3.5 x 19.5 cm)
Source extras
med
enamel over copper (?)
creator_ids
6242
collection_ids
REN
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
e46daf5d15f84257