ÉTUI

Creator(s): Unknown (Jeweler)

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. This cylindrical etui is cut from two pieces of bloodstone. It is decorated with three gold collars, one at each end and one at the join. These are decorated with chased rococo scrolls and other decorative motifs.

This etui, or bodkin holder, is tube-shaped and is cut from two pieces of bloodstone. It is decorated with three gold collars. There is one at each end, and one where the two pieces join. These are decorated with chased rococo scrolls and other decorative motifs.

Object name:

ÉTUI

Made from:

Bloodstone -- gold

Made in:

London, England

Date made:

c. 1760

Size:

11.1 cm (4 3/8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

11.150.1-2

Class:

GOLD

Signature marks:

MARK: Owl on an oval (French import mark issued on 1893) [struck twice on neck]

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973