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This dainty box, which separates into two hemispheres, may have been intended to hold so-called wash balls—potash mixed with various oils and scented with powdered herbs, roots, and flowers then kneaded into a paste and shaped into small balls of soap.
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Title: Toilet box
Date: late 15th or early 16th century
Culture: Italian, Venice
Medium: Painted enamel on copper, partly gilt, glass
Dimensions: Diameter: approx. 3 in. (approx. 7.6 cm)
Classification: Enamels-Painted
Credit Line: Bequest of Elizabeth Mongan, 2002
Accession Number: 2004.352
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