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)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1934
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
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.
Artwork Details
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
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