Needle Case

CultureSwiss
Titles
  • Needle Case
Datec. 1790
PlaceSwitzerland
MediumGold
Dimensions7/16h × 3 7/16w × 13/16d inches

Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harris Masterson III
Object number94.1019.A,.B
Not on view

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Department
Rienzi
Object Type
ProvenanceCollection of Enrico Caruson, New York; purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Harris Masterson III; given to MFAH, 1994.
Exhibition History"Extravagant Objects: Jewelry and Objets d’Art from the Masterson Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Rienzi, November 18, 2017–July 26, 2018.

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