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Source Description
Small precious cases like this example often contained women's toiletries or sewing tools. This elaborate, heart-shaped case contains two glass scent bottles with gold stoppers, a mirror, a folding ivory writing tablet, a gold bodkin, two gold toothpicks, and a miniature pair of gold tweezers in small, perfectly fitting compartments. A hollow casing for a lead pencil has a silver top set with a diamond for writing on glass. The button used to open the case and the floral element on its front as well as the oval ornament on its top are executed in silver set with diamonds and emeralds.
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Document identity
localId
17479
label
Heart-Shaped Toilet Case
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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2
Source metadata
id
17479
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Heart-Shaped Toilet Case
description
Small precious cases like this example often contained women's toiletries or sewing tools. This elaborate, heart-shaped case contains two glass scent bottles with gold stoppers, a mirror, a folding ivory writing tablet, a gold bodkin, two gold toothpicks, and a miniature pair of gold tweezers in small, perfectly fitting compartments. A hollow casing for a lead pencil has a silver top set with a diamond for writing on glass. The button used to open the case and the floral element on its front as well as the oval ornament on its top are executed in silver set with diamonds and emeralds.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1750
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Gold, Silver & Jewelry
dressing cases
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
6
height
4.5
dimensionsRaw
2 3/8 x 1 3/4 in. (6.03 x 4.45 cm)
Source extras
med
case: gold, wood frame covered with shagreen, silver, diamonds, emeralds; utensils: gold, glass, enamel, ivory, steel
creator_ids
6211
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
1954
2227
2689
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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2dff8780a3534706
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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1925639336f1dc85
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no
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no