Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
1961.038.011 |
Object Name |
Holder, Nosegay |
Title |
Nosegay Holder |
Lexicon category |
3: Personal Artifacts |
Date |
19th-century |
Made |
Unknown |
Place of Origin |
England, United Kingdom? |
Description |
This is a glass and metal nosegay holder. The body of the piece is made out of smooth, blue glass. The top is open, so that water and flower stems can be placed inside. The exterior of the holder has a delicate silver filagree made to look like flowers and a bow. The pendant at the base is a small, slit metal bell-like decoration. The pendant at the base also has a short chain attached to a pin piece (3.3 cm long). No maker's name seen. originally had a pin stem at the back (likely similar to that of a brooch). |
Makers mark |
None |
Provenance |
This item belonged to a female of the Rixon or Ainslie families, very likely Mrs. Henry Rixon (neé Ainslie), or one of her daughters. This Victorian item was found in Owen Sound, Grey County, but may have an English provenance as the last owner, Eleanor Rixon's father, Henry Rixon, was English-born and emigrated in 1860. Her mother was formerly Helen Ainslie, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Adam Ainslie (of Scottish ancestry). More research is needed to determine when these items were fashionable for women. The Rixon burial plot is at Leith Cemetery, in the former Sydenham Township, and includes the following: William Augustus Rixon (b. 1869-d. 1892) Henry Rixon (father) 1838-1920 Helen Rixon (mother) 1847-1913 Ada A. Rixon 1874-1894 Ella A. Rixon 1871-1918 Alex A. Ainslie 1850-1887 Adam Ainslie 1807-1897 Isabella Ainslie 1828-1918 John Ainslie 1858-1923 Laura Rixon 1876-1963 Eleanor Rixon Dec. 27, 1973 William M. Burr 1861-1931 Frank Broderick 1856-1915 J. Jane Broderick 1867-1933 F. Rixon Broderick 1895-1958 |
Collection |
Jewellery, 19th-c Collection |
Material |
Metal/Glass |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Rixon, Henry Rixon, Eleanor Rixon, Helen |
Subjects |
Flowers |
Function |
Highly decorative means of holding a small posy of flowers, to be worn by a female on her bodice, much as one would wear a brooch during a formal occassion. Unknown weather they were worn at the waistline, or on sashes or belts. |