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Jasper Étui with Cocks and Rabbits in Gold
(18th and 19th Centuries )
This étui is for a bodkin (a sharp tool for making holes in cloth) or a needle. The inscription in enamel reads “L'Amitié nous unis" ("friendship unites us”). Although the words are written in French, the language of the upper classes in Europe at this time, the case is German.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Acquired by Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
Geographies
Germany, Berlin (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
57.834