EGG-SHAPED ÉTUI
Creator(s): Unknown
On view in: Marjorie Post's Bedroom
About this object
An etui, or bodkin holder, is a decorative container used to hold bodkins (hairpins), toothpicks, or other small tools.
The egg is made from two pieces of bloodstone which are hollowed out. Each is held in a cage chased in gold with rococo scrolls and crossed with swags of flowers. At the top is an engraved ring for hanging on a ribbon. About the hinge is an inscription in gold letters on an opaque white enamel ground.
- Object name:
- EGG-SHAPED ÉTUI
- Made from:
- Bloodstone -- gold -- enamel
- Made in:
- Germany
- Date made:
- 19th c.
- Size:
- 3 × 2.4 cm (1 3/16 × 15/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 11.159
- Class:
- GOLD
- Signature marks:
- INSCRIPTION: Je Suis Tout A Vous [Around center]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973