Duck Cosmetic Box

Description The wings of this charming cosmetic container pivot outward, revealing a storage compartment. The eyes were once inlaid. The pintail duck is one of Egypt's most common species of waterfowl and was a popular decorative motif.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
11/16/1982	Treatment	cleaned; examined for condition
8/06/1998	Examination	survey

Provenance Reverend Wiliam MacGregor Collection Sale, Sotheby's, London, 1922, no. 703; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1925, by purchase [from unknown dealer in Paris]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1925