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Case and instruments

WB.216     1870–90 • instrument-case scissors penknife lancet

Curator's Description

Leather case of instruments; contains pair of scissors, penknife and lancet; black case tooled with diagonal bands of gold rosettes; instruments with silver handles with relief scrolls surmounted by lions; blades of scissors gilded with two busts and scrolls; one instrument missing; inscribed.

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

Made In

France ?
French

What is it?

instrument-case scissors penknife lancet

Made Of

leather silver gold

Techniques

gilded relief

How big is it?

3.6 cm wide, 10.5 cm high, 1.9 cm deep, and it weighs 33g

Where is it?

London / The British Museum / Room 2A / Case 5a 20

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.

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. 216
  • O.M. Dalton, 'The Waddesdon Bequest', 2nd edn (rev), British Museum, London, 1927, no.216.

    • 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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