Toilet set in original leather case
Object type: Toilet set in case
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: German, Augsburg
Artist: Fourteen identified German (Augsburg) goldsmiths and other German artisans; Japanese (Imari) porcelain maker
Artist role: Artist
Date: ca. 1743–45
Medium: Gilt silver, hard-paste porcelain, cut glass, walnut, carved and partially gilt coniferous wood, blind-tooled and partially gilt leather, partially gilt steel and iron, textiles, moiré paper, hog's bristle
Dimensions: Case: H.16 1/2 in.; with opened lid: H.37 3/4 in.; D.28 in.; Silver-gilt mirror: H.29 1/2 in.; W.23 1/2 in.

Classification: Metalwork-Silver
Credit line: Purchase, Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation Gift, in memory of Stephen M. Kellen, 2005
Accession year: 2005