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mid-18th century · Shagreen on wood, gold; implements of gold, ivory, and steel · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Fitted inside this case, which is decorated with openwork mounts, are a knife, an ivory tablet, a pair of scissors, tweezers, and a handle for a pencil.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- mid-18th century
- Medium
- Shagreen on wood, gold; implements of gold, ivory, and steel
- Culture
- French
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Bequest of Kate Read Blacque, in memory of her husband, Valentine Alexander Blacque, 1937
