Hand mirror
Unknown
late 19th century · Silver, glass · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
The building of railroads during the first half of the nineteenth century led to a tremendous increase in travel, which stimulated the demand for the sumptuous dressing cases retailed by Frederick Jenner and Fabian James Knewstub and other London firms. This luxury case (61.78.1–.50), with its pivoting compartments, secret storage areas, and myriad fittings "which quite exhaust the requisites for the road or the boudoir," certainly made travel as comfortable as it was cumbersome.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- late 19th century
- Medium
- Silver, glass
- Culture
- British, London
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs. Amos L. Beaty, 1961
