Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Étui (sealing wax case with seal at base)
ca. 1760
gilded steel
(18th and 19th Centuries )
(18th and 19th Centuries )
This étui functioned as a sealing wax case, and is decorated with foliated scrolls. The cover is engraved with the initials A.L. (which may have been added later). The base is engraved with a coat-of-arms.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Acquired by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1914; by bequest Walters Art Museum, 1931.
Exhibitions
| 1984 | Objects of Vertu: Precious Works of the Eighteenth Century. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Geographies
France (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 3 15/16 in. (10 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.
57.817