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Source Description
This étui is for a bodkin (a sharp tool for making holes in cloth) or a needle. The inscription in enamel reads “L'Amitié nous unis" ("friendship unites us”). Although the words are written in French, the language of the upper classes in Europe at this time, the case is German.
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Document identity
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22023
label
Jasper Étui with Cocks and Rabbits in Gold
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Source metadata
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22023
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title
Jasper Étui with Cocks and Rabbits in Gold
description
This étui is for a bodkin (a sharp tool for making holes in cloth) or a needle. The inscription in enamel reads “L'Amitié nous unis" ("friendship unites us”). Although the words are written in French, the language of the upper classes in Europe at this time, the case is German.
provenance
Acquired by Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
date
ca. 1770
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CC0
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en
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H: 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Transcription] L'Amitié nous unis; [Translation] Friendship unites us
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green jasper, gold, enamel
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6211
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EAN
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none
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