Title: Nécessaire
Object type: Nécessaire
Date: mid-18th century
Artist: Clockmaker: John Best 
Artist bio: before 1752
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Gold, heliotrope, diamond
Dimensions: a) H. 8-1/2 in.  (21.6 cm)
b) L.  2-1/8 x 1-1/8 in. (5.4 x 2.9 cm)
c) L. 2-7/16 in. (6.2 cm)
d) H. 7/8 in. (2.2 cm)
e,f)  H. 2-5/8 in. (6.7 cm)
g,h) H. 2-11/16 in. (6.8 cm)
i,j) H.  2-11/16 in. (6.8 cm)
k,l)  H. 2-1/16 in. (5.2 cm)
m,n)  H. 2 in. (5.1 cm)
o)  L. 1-5/8 in. (4.1 cm)
p)  L. 1-7/16 in. (3.7 cm)
q)  L. 1-1/2 in. (3.8 cm)
r) L. 2-1/8 in. (5.4 cm)
s) L. 1-5/16 in. (3.3 cm)
t)  Gr. L. 3-1/4 in. (8.3 cm)
u)  L. 1-9/16 in. (4 cm)
v)  L. 1-5/16 in. (3.3 cm)
w)  L. 1-11/16 in. (4.3 cm)
x)  L. 1-5/16 in. (3.3)
y)  H. 11/16 in. (1.7 cm)
z)  L. 1-7/16 in. (3.7 cm)
aa)  L. 1-1/4 in. (3.2 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Gold and Platinum
Credit line: Gift of Florence van der Kemp, 1956
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY