Love-barometer

Love-barometer that tested the intensity of love. To find out whether one’s “heart was aflame”, the love barometer should be squeezed in the hand. The scale went from Friendship and Wistful love, to Passion. Mid-19th century.

NM.0106035A

MARKET TREATS
As sugar and the monetary economy spread to the rural areas, sweets bought at the market became a special treat. The markets attracted the locals, maids and farm hands, as an opportunity to meet and maybe exchange gifts. Rhymes on sweets became a way of communicating. Sweets could be used in courtship, to propose or to break up. Small market dolls made of sugar were popular gifts for someone special. They were often saved as mementos.