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| Keywords: German - Heart-Shaped Toilet Case - Walters 57842 - Closed.jpg Small precious cases like this example often contained women's toiletries or sewing tools This elaborate heart-shaped case contains two glass scent bottles with gold stoppers a mirror a folding ivory writing tablet a gold bodkin two gold toothpicks and a miniature pair of gold tweezers in small perfectly fitting compartments A hollow casing for a lead pencil has a silver top set with a diamond for writing on glass The button used to open the case and the floral element on its front as well as the oval ornament on its top are executed in silver set with diamonds and emeralds ca 1750 case gold wood frame covered with shagreen silver diamonds emeralds; utensils gold glass enamel ivory steel cm 6 03 4 45 accession number 57 842 17479 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Objects of Vertu Precious Works of the Eighteenth Century The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1984 Bedazzled 5 000 Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum Frist Center for the Visual Arts Nashville; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Sarasota; The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2006-2009 Bedazzled 5 000 Years of Jewelry El Paso Museum of Art El Paso 2010 place of origin Germany Walters Art Museum license Shagreen Cases German art in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review 1750s jewellery Toilet services Gold boxes | ||||
