Tortoishell, crystal and sterling silver ladies dressing table set including:
[.1] hair brush, hallmarked sterling silver, oval head and tapered handle, raised silver beaded edging to back. Tortoiseshell mounted in hallmarked silver with silver floral filagree design. Coarse, stiff brush bristles fixed to wooden base.
[.2] hand mirror, hallmarked sterling silver and mirrored glass with bevelled edge, round head, tapered handle and raised beaded edging to back. Tortoiseshell mounted in silver with central floral filagree design.
[.3] clothes brush 1, oval hallmarked sterling silver, edged with raised beaded finish, and inlaid with tortoiseshell. Central floral filagree design; coarse stiff brush bristles mounterd in wood.
[.4] clothes brush 2, identical to clothes brush 1 above
[.5] round perfume bottle, cutglass, tapered neck, mounted with a hallmarked sterling silver collar and closed with a small cutglass stopper.Brown traces of perfume remain inside
[.6] detached lid of scent bottle, hollow, round hallmarked sterling silver lid inlaid with tortoiseshell and silver floral filagree design, raised beaded silver edge, broken at hinge
[.7-.8] oval cutglass container with hallmarked sterling silver/tortoiseshell lid. Lid has decorative flower garland in silver
[.9-.10] small round glass container with sterling silver embossed lid, containing 9 silver metal safety pins and three small gold metal safety pins
[.11-.12] round crystal container with hallmarked sterling silver, tortoiseshell and silver filagree lid
[.13] small square pin tray with hallmarked sterling silver edging with scrollwork design, beaded silver adornment to inner edge of tray around tortoiseshell base with attached central silver clover leaf design
Department:
History DepartmentCollection
History Collection
Collection Item Data
| Accession Number: | H2015.169.1-13 |
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| Accession Date: | 30 Oct 2015 |
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| Acquisition Year: | 2012 |
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| Credit: | Honoria Hassell Anderson and Patricia Anderson Wright Collection |
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Material
| Glass | Tortoise shell, silver, glass
| 0 - Whole |
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Measurement
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