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'Posy holder' or 'Tussie mussie' ?
The posy holder is a lady's accessory in silver or other metal,
resembling a small vase.
In earlier times before sanitation and concerns with personal hygiene,
the nosegays were carried to superstitiously ward off disease or to
camouflage the unpleasant smells of the street.
![young ladies used posy holder to hold the flowers brought by their courting 'gentleman callers' young ladies used posy holder to hold the flowers brought by their courting 'gentleman callers'](https://www.ascasonline.org/posy99.jpg)
Later in the 19th and early 20th centuries
they were romanticized as a fashion accessory for young ladies
to hold the flowers brought by courting 'gentleman callers'.
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