Tudor Silver Cosmetic Tool

16TH CENTURY A.D.

2 in. (2.3 grams, 51 mm).

Comprising a hooked toothpick and a miniature spoon used as an ear scoop, serrated surface between used as a file; suspension ring.

Provenance

Acquired in London in 1985.
Property of a Kent gentleman.

Literature

See British Museum's Portable Antiquities Database, ref.no. DENO-E6E8D8, for a very similar example found in Longford, Derbyshire.

CONDITION

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