Jewel casket. Culture: British. Dimensions: Overall (with handle raised, confirmed): 3 15/16 × 4 1/8 × 3 1/4 in. (10 × 10.5 × 8.3 cm). Date: mid-18th century. Elegant nécessaires de poche filled with minute utensils for grooming, writing, or sewing were fashionable during the eighteenth century. Made of gold with hard stones, mother-of-pearl, or tortoiseshell, they were the work of a goldsmith and often served as New Year's presents. Here, an openwork pattern of scrolls, floral garlands, small animals, birds, and dancing musicians in gold is placed on panels of striated agate. The original co
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Jewel casket. Culture: British. Dimensions: Overall (with handle raised, confirmed): 3 15/16 × 4 1/8 × 3 1/4 in. (10 × 10.5 × 8.3 cm). Date: mid-18th century. Elegant nécessaires de poche filled with minute utensils for grooming, writing, or sewing were fashionable during the eighteenth century. Made of gold with hard stones, mother-of-pearl, or tortoiseshell, they were the work of a goldsmith and often served as New Year's presents. Here, an openwork pattern of scrolls, floral garlands, small animals, birds, and dancing musicians in gold is placed on panels of striated agate. The original contents of the nécessaire are missing. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.