Nosegay, Tussie Mussie buttons

A nosegay, Tussie-Mussie, or posy is a small flower bouquet, typically given as a gift. They have existed in some form since at least medieval times, when they were carried or worn around the head or bodice.

So a nosegay was an ornament that appeals to the nose or nostril.

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.
Buttons are antique and vintage..1 horn, 1 pearl, 3 glass, 1 plastic and rest are metal

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Lacy Glass Buttons

Lacy Glass buttons were made at the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth century

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