Melanie Ann

This nosegay, also known as a tussie-mussie, is a sweet scented, small flower bouquet made using vintage and newer flowers of silk, velvet, cotton and paper. It comes with a corsage pin if you choose to wear it on a scarf, lapel or hat.

Since the flowers used may be vintage millinery flowers, they may have imperfections (eg. stains, tears, thinning, etc.)

The term nosegay arose in fifteenth-century Middle English as a combination of nose and gay (the latter then meaning "ornament"). So a nosegay was an ornament that appeals to the nose or nostril. The term tussie-mussie comes from the reign of Queen Victoria (1837–1901), when the small bouquets became a popular fashion accessory. Typically, tussie-mussies include floral symbolism from the language of flowers, and therefore may be used to send a message to the recipient.

Ships to USA only