Etui with Writing and Grooming Instruments
date: label: Date
content: 1770–80
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Etui (a), with hinged lid, the whole of flattened oval form in section, tapering toward base; green ground diapered in raised white dots; raised white rococo scrolls framing five panels with mythological scenes in color: Diana seated with standing dog; Venus standing with Cupid running with a bow, obelisk behind. Fitted with ivory memo tablet (b), gilt copper pencil holder (c), gilt copper paper knife (d), gilt copper pen knife with steel blade (e), steel and gilt copper scissors (f), steel tweezers (g), and a gilt copper bodkin (h).
place: label: made in
content: Staffordshire, England
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Sarah Cooper Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1931-6-105-a/h
objectType: label: Type
content: enamels
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Type
content: Etui with Writing and Grooming Instruments
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Enamel on copper, gilt copper, steel, ivory, cut wood
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 10 x 4.3 x 2 cm (3 15/16 x 1 11/16 x 13/16 in.)