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Culture:French (probably)
Title:vanity case
Date Made:18th century
Type:Personal Equipment
Materials:silver, gilding, mother of pearl, glass, textile: velvet
Place Made:France (probably)
Measurements:overall: 2 3/8 x 1 3/4 in.; 6.0325 x 4.445 cm
Accession Number:  HD 64.028
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
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Description:
Woman's silver vanity case with a mirrored lid and four lidded interior compartments, one of which contains two cut-glass perfume bottles with silver caps. There are blue mother-of-pearl panels with gilt silver foil mountings on both the exterior top and sides and interior lids. There is a concealed opening in the lower right side that swings down.

Subjects:
Textile fabrics; Glass

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