Lady's companion case

Object/Artifact

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BLUE: The TATTER Textile Library

Name/Title

Lady's companion case

Entry/Object ID

2025.9.79

Description

Lady's companion case covered with dark brown textured imitating leather, stamped with gold scrollwork motifs: "Lady's Companion" stamped in Gothic style lettering at center front of lid. Interior compartments lined with red silk; frontmost compartment containing removable unit with further hidden compartments; upper compartments lined with red cotton velvet, with red silk ribbon pull tab. Extant contents: folding mirror backed with dark brown textured paper; bifold case or sleeve of dark brown textured paper; silver tone metal scissors; perfume corkscrew and crochet hook, each of silver tone metal with carved mother-of-pearl handle; glass bottle with glass stopper and silver tone metal screw top; silver tone metal two part needle case; silver metal retractable pencil with glass end; cotton ball; and tape measure and sewing implement, each with cylindrical body of off white bone with carved mother-of-pearl top, containing red silk tape.

Category

Tools

Acquisition

Accession

2025.9

Source or Donor

Brooklyn Museum

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Made/Created

Artist

Unknown maker

Date made

circa 1852

Place

Country

England, United Kingdom

Continent

Europe

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Location

Outer face of folding mirror

Transcription

O.G. Merle / January 1st, 1852

Language

English

Material/Technique

Pencil

Lexicon

Getty AAT

Concept

sewing tools, sewing kits

Dimensions

Dimension Description

5 × 2 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (12.7 × 7 × 7 cm)

Parts

Count

11

Parts

- Folding mirror - Bifold case or sleeve - Scissors - Perfume corkscrew - Crochet hook - Glass bottle with stopper - Two part needle case - Retractable pencil - Cotton ball - Tape measure - Sewing implement

Material

Paper, Cotton, Mother-of-pearl, Metal, Bone, Glass

Color

dark brown, Red

Location

Box

Box 4 (Brooklyn Museum Collection)

Cabinet

Object Cabinet

Room

Studio