congenitaldisease:This image shows a skull vinaigrette. A vinaigrette was used to hold a particularl
congenitaldisease:This image shows a skull vinaigrette. A vinaigrette was used to hold a particularly strong smelling substance. The substance would be sniffed when walking through an area with a strong odour. The reason these were used was because the idea that disease was spread in foul air was prevalent. The idea was that smelling the strong substance would shock the body into action. The skull in this vinaigrette acted a reminder of death. -- source link
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