P3 has note
| - The motif of roses, birds and wheat sheaves cannot be identified with any specific association. Although a Tudor symbol, the rose was such a favoured flower in Elizabethan and Jacobean textile and decorative design that very little can be read into its appearance. While the objects were not heraldic, they may have acted as personal devices. The tradition of symbolic images chosen for tournaments, also known as impresa, during the Elizabethan era carried over to the decoration of articles of adornment such as sleeves, gloves, earrings and pendants. Scenting articles of dress was standard practice. Gloves along with other items of clothing including stockings, shifts and shoes were perfumed with fragrances derived from animal sources such as ambergris, civet and musk, floral oils extracted from orange, jasmine, lily and other blossoms, as well as spices like cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. (en)
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