Nécessaire (one of a pair)
Object type: Nécessaire
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: British, London
Artist: John Barbot|Charles Muss|Sir Thomas Lawrence
Artist bio: British, recorded 1751–65|1779–1824|British, Bristol 1769–1830 London
Artist role: Entrepreneur|Artist|Artist
Artist nationality: British| |British
Date: ca. 1760
Medium: Gold, agate, rubies, diamonds, silver, wood carcass, silk velvet, miror glass; enamel miniature; glass, enamel, topaz; movement: gilded brass, steel, enamel face; shagreen on wood with gold piqué ornament and gilt-brass mounts
Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 9 1/8 × 4 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (23.2 × 11.4 × 6.4 cm);
Overall (case, confirmed): 11 3/4 × 5 5/8 × 3 5/8 in. (29.8 × 14.3 × 9.2 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Gold and Platinum
Credit line: Gift of Admiral F. R. Harris, in memory of his wife, Dena Sperry Haris, 1945
Accession year: 1945