ÉTUI WITH THIMBLE
Creator(s): Louis Dee (Silversmith)
Currently in storage
About this object
The etui is egg shaped and in the form of a stylized pig in the auricular style. The interior is gilt and has a removable spool for three kinds of thread and a silver thimble engraved with a snowflake pattern.
- Object name:
- ÉTUI WITH THIMBLE
- Made from:
- Silver -- silver gilt
- Made in:
- London, England
- Date made:
- 1856-1880
- Size:
- 7 × 4 cm (2 3/4 × 1 9/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.190.1-4
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- MARK Etui on bottom section: Lion passant (guarantee of sterling fineness); Leopard's head (London Assay office, 1876-96); Date letter E (1880); Queens head facing left (Duty mark, Queen Victoria, 1847-1896); LD (maker Louis Dee); on top section of etui: LD; lion passant; date letter E; .2 thimble: Lion passant; mark of the Assay office of Chester; date letter s (1856); maker's mark C H
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973