Title: Nécessaire (one of a pair)
Object type: Nécessaire
Date: ca. 1760
Artist:  John Barbot 
Artist bio: British, recorded 1751–65
Artist nationality: British
Artist role: Entrepreneur
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
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY