Terms and conditions of use
Toilet service
(1673-1695)
- Medium
- silver, mirror wood, horse hair, velvet, silk
- Measurements
- (a) 69.0 × 49.8 × 31.5 cm (mirror)
(b-c) 7.7 × 12.8 cm diameter (overall) (box)
(d-e) 7.8 × 12.8 cm diameter (overall) (box)
(f-g) 5.2 × 8.1 cm diameter (overall) (box)
(h-i) 5.1 × 8.1 cm diameter (overall) (box)
(j-k) 8.5 × 5.5 cm diameter (overall) (pot)
(l-m) 8.5 × 5.5 cm diameter (overall) (pot)
(n) 8.8 × 26.4 × 20.1 cm (casket)
(o) 9.2 × 17.9 × 13.1 cm (casket)
(p) 6.6 × 10.9 × 6.3 cm (brush)
(q) 4.1 × 15.9 × 4.8 cm (whisk)
(r) 14.8 × 10.5 × 10.5 cm (candlestick)
(s) 14.8 × 10.5 × 10.4 cm (candlestick) - Place/s of Execution
- London, England
- Inscription
- (a) punched in frame u.c.l.: AN (monogram)
punched (inverted) (diagonally) in frame u.c.l.: (crowned leopard's head)
punched (diagonally) in frame u.c.l.: (lion passant) r
engraved in frame u.c.: (Elizabeth Pollen of Westcourt. Henchamstead, Wokingham Coat-of-arms) / (Elizabeth Pollen of Westcourt. Henchamstead, Wokingham Coat-of-arms)
(b) punched (vertically) in base u.c.: (crowned leopard's head)
punched (diagonally) in base c.l.: (lion passant)•
punched (vertically) in base c.r.: r
punched in base l.c.: AN (monogram)
(c) punched (diagonally) in base l.c.: r
punched (vertically) in base c.l.: AN (monogram) •
punched (inverted) in base c.r.: (crowned leopard's head)
punched in base l.c.: (lion passant)
(d) punched (diagonally) in base u.c.: (crowned leopard's head)
punched (vertically) in base c.l.: r•
punched (inverted) (diagonally) in base c.r.: (lion passant)
punched in base l.c.: AN (monogram)
(e) punched (inverted) (diagonally) in base c.l.: (lion passant)
punched (vertically) in base c.: •(crowned leopard's head)
punched (vertically) in base c.r.: (...illeg.)
punched in base l.c.: (...illeg.) / AN (monogram)
(f) punched (diagonally) (inverted) in base u.l.: Q
punched (diagonally) in base u.l.: (lion passant)
punched (vertically) in base c.l.: (crowned leopard's head)
punched in base c.l.: (...illeg.) AN (monogram)
punched in inside of upper rim: (...illeg.)
(g) punched in base c.: AN (monogram)
(h) punched (diagonally) in base u.l.: (lion passant)
punched (inverted) in base u.c.: (crowned leopard's head)
punched in base u.r.: (...illeg.)
punched (diagonally) in base c.l.: (...illeg.)
(i) punched (diagonally) in base c.: AN (monogram)
(j) punched in base c.: AN (monogram) •
(l) punched in base c.: AN (monogram) •
punched (inverted) inside of lid l.c.l.: r (lion passant)
punched (diagonally) (inverted) in inside of lid l.c.l.: (crowned leopard's head)
punched in inside of lid l.c.: AN (monogram)
(o) punched (diagonally) in base u.l.: NA
punched (diagonally) in base u.r.: NA
punched in base l.l.: NA
punched (diagonally) in base l.r.: NA
(q) punched (diagonally) in rear of handle c.: AN (monogram)
(r) punched (inverted) in base u.l.: (crowned leopard's head)
punched in base u.r.: r
punched (diagonally) in base l.l.: (crown) / P
punched (vertically) in base l.r.: (lion passant)
(s) punched (inverted) in base u.l.: (crowned leopard's head)
punched (diagonally) in base u.r.: (crown) / P
punched (inverted) (diagonally) in base l.l.: r
punched (vertically) in base l.r.: (lion passant) - Accession Number
- 3564.a-s-D3
- Department
- International Decorative Arts
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1934
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited - Gallery location
- Not on display
- About this work
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Toilet services originated in seventeenth-century France as part of a popular upper-class custom in which friends and family would be invited to attend the dressing and adornment of a lady during the morning. Matching services included a mirror, boxes, dishes, candlesticks and brushes. The mirror in this service is made of embossed and cast silver fixed over a wooden frame. It would have been draped with a piece of cloth or lace arranged over the back and sides, and used when arranging a hairstyle and applying make-up.
