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Nécessaire

third quarter 18th century
Not on view
This pocket nécessaire contains the following fittings for personal grooming: a patch box with mirror, tweezers, ear spoon, file, and two scent bottles with porcelain stoppers. It is part of a group of étuis and snuffboxes collected by the New York broker Valentine Alexander Blacque, who retired to Paris in the 1880s.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Nécessaire
  • Date: third quarter 18th century
  • Culture: French
  • Medium: Shagreen on wood; fittings of gold, porcelain, glass, and steel
  • Dimensions: 3 × 2 in. (7.6 × 5.1 cm)
  • Classification: Metalwork-Gold and Platinum
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Kate Read Blacque, in memory of her husband, Valentine Alexander Blacque, 1937
  • Object Number: 38.50.21a–h
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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