- Brief description
- Cornucopia flower bouquet holder owned by Catherine Dickens
- Label
- This cornucopia-shaped jewellery is a 'porte-bouquet' or bouquet holder. It was owned by Catherine, Dickens's wife, from around the 1850s. It was used to hold together bouquets of flowers like poisies at dinner parties or other formal events. The flowers would smell nice, similar to how perfume is used, and the porte-bouquet kept them from staining the lady's dress. The legs let it stand up on a table whilst the owner danced.
- Collection
- Object
- Object number
- DH1039
- Object type
- bouquet holder
- Production date
- 1850s
- Credit line
- Purchased with support from the Arts Council England/V&A Purchase Grant Fund (National Lottery), the Art Fund and the Dickens Fellowship.
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