<I>Bouquet holder, mirrors, blue stones, mother of pearl handle</I>
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Dillon Ripley Center"}], "date": [{"label": "Date", "content": "ca.1830-1920"}, {"label": "Period", "content": "Victorian (1837-1901)"}], "identifier": [{"label": "Accession number", "content": "FJP.1987.145"}], "notes": [{"label": "Description", "content": "Gilded brass vase with two mirrors and turquois glass stones. In the style of the 18th century, the stamped metalwork creates an ornate frame for the two oval mirrors, as well as creating the other two sides of the vase. The mirrors, sometimes called flirting mirrors, allowed the lady to check her face or spy on what was happening behind her. Below, turquois glass stones are inset into the curvaceous forms. These sides alternate with two repeats of Rococo Revival style motifs with a central turquoise glass \u00e2\u0080\u009cgem.\u00e2\u0080\u009d A pin on a chain is attached to the vase. It would be inserted through the vase to pierce the stems of the bouquet to secure it in the holder. The neck is stamped with a four-dot diamond pattern and crescents on a vertical-line background and attaches the carved mother of pearl handle. Mother of pearl handles retained a cool feeling longer than some other materials; because of this, they were said to be appropriate for warmer months. The shaft is carved with graduated rings around the stem. A chain and ring is attached to a band around the handle. This feature allows the bouquet holder to be worn from the finger or on a chatelaine at the waist to free the lady's hands while dancing."}, {"label": "Label Text", "content": "Flowers used for personal adornment were a popular, almost mandatory, fashion accessory in the nineteenth century. Small bouquets, called nosegays, posies, or tussie mussies were carried by debutantes, matrons, and girls, and they were a popular gift in the mid to late 1800s among friends and suitors. They were typically created in concentric rings of flowers, tightly wound together, and were often tied with ribbon or placed in a bouquet holder depending on the tastes and fashions. By the 1830s carrying small bouquets of flowers in decorative holders was an established fashion accessory of the upper class and royalty of Europe. These small accessories, also known as posy holders, \u00e2\u0080\u0098porte-bouquets\u00e2\u0080\u0099, and \u00e2\u0080\u0098bouquetiers\u00e2\u0080\u0099 were both decorative as well as useful. By providing a water source in the bottom of the receptacle, they were able to keep the flowers fresh throughout an occasion, and they also protected the wearer\u00e2\u0080\u0099s gloves or clothing from being stained by the plant pigments. Queen Victoria helped popularize the bouquet holder, and she is seen holding one in her portrait \u00e2\u0080\u009cQueen Victoria at the Drury Lane Theatre, November 1837\u00e2\u0080\u009d painted by E.T. Parris. When the fashion of carrying hand bouquets in decorative holders caught the fancy of the wealthy and middle class, holders were copied and mass produced in a variety of sizes, materials, and embellishments. During the second half of the nineteenth century, holders might be commissioned or purchased from the stock at a jeweler or florist shop. Few were made in the United States, instead they were usually imported from Europe and Asia. They were often given as a commemorative memento of historic encounters or events by the royalty and courts of Europe, but they were also used to celebrate and commemorate important, though less prestigious, events of the wealthy and middle class. Bouquet holders reached the peak of their popularity between the 1830s and 1880s, but it began to dwindle as bouquets of long-stemmed flowers (the latest horticultural development) loosely tied with ribbons surpassed the posy bouquet style. They were not totally out of fashion until the \u00e2\u0080\u009cRoaring Twenties,\u00e2\u0080\u009d when such objects became regarded as trivial and useless. The diversity of styles and mechanisms of bouquet holders is evidence of their longevity as a fashion accessory."}], "creditLine": [{"label": "Credit Line", "content": "Smithsonian Gardens, Horticultural Artifacts Collection. 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