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Étui (needle case)
(18th and 19th Centuries )
This guilloché engraved case has been covered with blue, transparent enamel. Putti are depicted in painted enamel insets. On the lid is a seated putti with a dove resting on its hand, and on the other side a seated putti holding a ribbon tied to a dove in flight. On the body of the case is a putti watching two billing doves, and on the other side a putti at the alter of love holding a bow and torch and wearing a quiver of arrows on its back. It was likely used to store needles, the profile of the container is very slim.
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Provenance
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William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1996-1997 | Russian Enamels. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
| 1984 | Objects of Vertu: Precious Works of the Eighteenth Century. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Geographies
Switzerland
(Place of Origin)
France (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
57.769