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 carved from two pieces of bloodstone. The bloodstone pieces are each held in an openwork gold cage chased with rococo scrolls criss-crossed with sprays of roses and leaves carved in gold. The hinge is undecorated except for a simple thumb-piece.
- Object name:
- EGG-SHAPED ÉTUI
- Made from:
- Bloodstone -- gold
- Made in:
- Germany
- Date made:
- 19th c.
- Size:
- 5.1 x 3.7 cm (2 x 1 7/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 11.165
- Class:
- GOLD
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973