Toothpick
1600-1605 (made)
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Toothpick, silver-gilt and enamel, the handle decorated with flowers in translucent enamel.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silver, gold and enamel |
| Brief description | Toothpick, silver-gilt and enamel, Augsburg, ca.1600-1605, mark of Heinrich Sailer. |
| Physical description | Toothpick, silver-gilt and enamel, the handle decorated with flowers in translucent enamel. |
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| Gallery label | Silver Gallery:
This unsually sophisticated personal cutlery set would originally have had a specially made leather travelling case. The set once belonged to the famous 19th century collector, Frederic Spitzer.(26/11/2002) |
| Credit line | Salting Bequest |
| Object history | Salting Bequest, 1256, 1257, 1260, 1261 From a cutlery set of four Spitzer Collection, Sale Catalogue, 1893, lots 2354 to 2357 (3300 francs) |
| Production | Mark of Heinrich Sailer (master 1597, died 1607) |
| Associated object | M.618-1910 (Set) |
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| Accession number | M.618C-1910 |
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| Record created | February 9, 2004 |
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