Nécessaire (one of a pair)

John Barbot

Date

ca. 1760

Type

Nécessaire

Medium

Gold, agate, rubies, diamonds, silver, wood carcass, silk velvet, miror glass; enamel miniature; glass, enamel, topaz; movement: gilded brass, steel, enamel face; shagreen on wood with gold piqué ornament and gilt-brass mounts

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Institution

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Object number

45.164.2a–m

Credit

Gift of Admiral F. R. Harris, in memory of his wife, Dena Sperry Haris, 1945