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Toilet Case with Scenes from the "Metamorphoses" ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Toilet Case with Scenes from the "Metamorphoses" |
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Description |
English: The outside of this elegant gold toilet case is decorated with chiseled and engraved scenes from the Roman poet Ovid's "Metamorphoses": the seated sculptor Pygmalion admires his creation, the ivory statue of a maiden with whom he falls in love (Book X); and, on the opposite side, Mercury flies above the priestess Herse, the object of his affection (Book II). The case contains a silver-and-gold folding knife, a pair of scissors, a gold bodkin and pencil, a pair of steel tweezers, and an ivory writing tablet. A ring on top indicates that the case could be worn as a pendant so that the utensils would be readily accessible. The button on the side used to open the case is studded with a diamond. |
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Date |
circa 1750 date QS:P571,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
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Medium | case: gold, diamond; utensils: gold, silver, steel, ivory | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions | 10.8 cm (4.2 in) (l.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q210081 |
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Accession number |
57.953 |
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Place of creation | England, United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Exhibition history | Bedazzled: 5,000 Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum. Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota; The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2006-2009. Bedazzled: 5,000 Years of Jewelry. El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso. 2010. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Credit line | Acquired by Henry Walters | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Source | Walters Art Museum: Home page Info about artwork | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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