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Tooth- and ear-pick, case

WB.194     about 1600 • toilet-case tooth-pick ear-pick

Curator's Description

Cylindrical gold case; engraved with scrolls and birds filled with translucent enamels; screw top; contains gold toothpick and ear-pick; inscribed.

This object was collected and bequeathed to the British Museum by Ferdinand Anselm Rothschild.

Made In

Netherlands ?
Dutch (?)

Maker

Michel Le Blon

What is it?

toilet-case tooth-pick ear-pick

Made Of

gold enamel

Techniques

enamelled engraved

Subjects

bird

How big is it?

1.3 cm wide, 9.5 cm high, 1.3 cm deep, and it weighs 39.1g

Where is it?

London / The British Museum / Room 2A / Case 6c 10

Floor plan 2 3a 3b 4a 4b 5a 5b 6a 6b 6c 6d 6e 6f 6g 6h 7a 7b 7c 7d 7e 7f 7g 7h 7i 7j Entrance

Detailed Curatorial Notes

Provenance: None is recorded.

Commentary: Possibly after designs by Le Blon.

Bibliography

  • Charles Hercules Read, 'The Waddesdon Bequest: Catalogue of the Works of Art bequeathed to the British Museum by Baron Ferdinand Rothschild, M.P., 1898', London, 1902, no. 194
  • O.M. Dalton, 'The Waddesdon Bequest', 2nd edn (rev), British Museum, London, 1927, no.194.

    • References

    1. Read 1902: Read, Charles Hercules, The Waddesdon Bequest. Catalogue of the Works of Art Bequeathed to the British Museum by Baron Ferdinand Rothschild, M.P., 1898, London, BMP, 1902
    2. Dalton 1927: Dalton, Ormonde Maddock, The Waddesdon Bequest : jewels, plate, and other works of art bequeathed by Baron Ferdinand Rothschild., London, BMP, 1927

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