pomander-ball

Attached to his left wrist by a fine chain was a gold pomander-ball of the size of a small apple, very beautifully chiselled.

The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina in the state of Piacenza Rafael Sabatini 1912

And he smiled sardonically, sniffing at his pomander-ball.

The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina in the state of Piacenza Rafael Sabatini 1912

Gone now was the last vestige of his habitual silkiness; the pomander-ball hung neglected, and his delicate fingers tugged viciously at his little pointed beard, his great sapphire ring flashing sombrely.

The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina in the state of Piacenza Rafael Sabatini 1912

"Fair gentlewoman," he began, pomander-ball in hand, "had you a venture in that ship?

Sir Mortimer Mary Johnston 1903

"Patience has made me a pomander-ball composed of angelica, rue, zedoary, camphor, wax, and laudanum, which I have hung round my neck with a string.

Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire William Harrison Ainsworth 1843