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Description: | Women carried vanity cases known as 'etuis' or 'necessaries' to hold such items as scissors, tweezers and pencils. These were the eighteenth century equivalent of today's makeup cases and women would attach them to a chatelaine - a broach with hooks- and wear them throughout the day. They would also carry things like tongue scrapers, for cleaning their tongue and sweetening their breath, as well as ear picks for removing ear wax! This particular case features a half-length portrait of Miss Day, later Lady Fenhoulet. This is based on an engraving from a painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Perhaps it was made for Miss Day herself or perhaps someone had seen the portrait and thought it would look nice on a case.
Etui, transfer printed in enamel colours on white enamel with portrait of Miss Day. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Subjects: | Naturalistic Pattern Hats Manufacturing industry Flowers Black Country Portrait painting Decorative arts Metalworking industries Women Georgian period Fashion Portraits Enamels Personal accessories Miss Day | Temporal: | 1765 - 1770
Georgian (1714-1837) | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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