Toiletry Kits
This category includes objects used in personal hygiene, with a case surrounding the instruments.
This category includes objects used in personal hygiene, with a case surrounding the instruments. The instruments include a pointed rod, possibly a khol stick, a lancet, or stiletto, a flattened spatual object, and a pair of tweezers. These are encased in a metal cone known as a reticule.
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Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
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![]() | 419 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze kohl-stick. Top broken. [drawing 1:1] |
![]() | 519 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze kohl-stick. The end slightly thickened to a knob, the top broken off. |
7858 | (none) | (none) | B17471 | Copper reticule. A cone with ball end, containing 4 small copper toilet utensils fastned on to a ring. [drawing] | |
![]() | 7860 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper reticule. Cone-shaped with base knob. In it 3 small copper toilet instruments held together by a copper ring. |
![]() | 7881 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper kohl-stick(?) Head, round knob on square-section rod becoming round at 30mm [drawing 1:1] |
![]() | 7883 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper kohl-stick(?) Similar to U.7881, shaped thus [reference to drawing] (broken) [drawing] |
![]() | 7908 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Kohl stick. Ivory. Rectangular in section, thickening towards the head and then sharpened to point. |
![]() | 8037 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper reticule. Normal type with 4 instruments. |
![]() | 8278A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-C] Copper Reticules. Base broken away in each case. Only A has lip intact. [drawing] 1:1 |
![]() | 8278B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-C] Copper Reticules. Base broken away in each case. Only A has lip intact. [drawing 1:1] |
![]() | 8278C | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-C] Copper Reticules. Base broken away in each case. Only A has lip intact. [drawing 1:1] |
![]() | 8356 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper reticule. Normal type but in bad condition, the reticule itself partly broken and the ring missing. |
![]() | 8383 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper reticule. The ball point broken. |
![]() | 8384 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper reticule. In poor condition. |
![]() | 8396 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper reticule. Originally covered with thin red leather; containing 4 silver instruments: the rings at the top of these are made with fine silver wire coiled round their stems. |
8475 | (none) | (none) | B17380 | Copper reticule Hollow conical copper cap Inside it a number of copper toilet? implements attached to a copper ring. Common type. Ring broken. Badly corroded [drawing] | |
![]() | 8479 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper reticule Conical copper cap with tools inside attached to a ring. Common type. |
8650 | (none) | (none) | B17015 | Copper reticule. With tools (apparently) of silver. | |
![]() | 8690A | (none) | (none) | B16957 | [A] Tweezers and [B] stiletto. Silver. With twisted wire at the top for a ring but this is in both cases missing. |
![]() | 8895 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper reticule. Normal type. |
8983 | (none) | (none) | B17428 | Copper reticule (the ring broken) | |
![]() | 9070 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper reticule Knob end, Broken and fragmentary Within: 3 copper tools attached to a ring Common type. |
9076 | (none) | (none) | B17472 | Copper reticule Copper tools attached to a ring within the case [drawing] | |
![]() | 9084 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper reticule Within: tools attached to a copper ring. Bottom of reticule ends in a knob. Poor condition. Broken at bottom. Part of ring missing [drawing] |
![]() | 9190 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper tweezers Toilet instrument [drawing] |