A Lady's Travelling Toiletry Set

early 20th century

AN EIGHT-PIECE LADY'S TRAVELLING TOILETRY SET (English, early 20th century) retailed by Cross, London. The set is comprised of a leather case (.1) monogrammed "M.E.B." with a compartmented interior holding: a mirror (.2), a shoehorn (.3), a nail file (.4), a buttonhook (.5), a clothes brush (.6), a hair brush (.7), and a hair comb (.8). The different tools are made of bone and bear the interlaced black-lined script monogram "MEB" (for Mary Elizabeth Brayton).

English

leather; bone; steel

.1 (leather case)= 6 1/2" x 8 3/4" x 2 3/4"(closed); 23" x 23 3/4" (open)

.2 (mirror) = 7" x 4 1/4"

.3 (shoe horn) = 7 1/8" x 1 3/4"

.4 (nail file) = 4" x 1/2"

.5 (button hook) = 7 3/4" x 5/8"

.6 (clothes brush) = 6 3/4" x 1 3/4" x 1 1/2"

.7 (hair brush) = 8 1/4" x 2 1/4" x 1 3/8"

.8 (hair comb) = 7 1/4" x 1 1/2"

Gift of Mrs. Elinor Truesdale Marvell, 2004.

PSNC.10736.1-.8