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