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Catering for the necessities of elegant life, it comprises an étui or small case with a knife, snuff spoon, toothpick and ear pick, watch and châtelaine (from which the watch hung) and a matching snuffbox. Although the hanging châtelaine was produced at the same time as the watch, differences in the style of enamelling show that it was not made in Schindler's workshop. \r\n\r\nSir Arthur Gilbert and his wife Rosalinde formed one of the world’s great decorative art collections, including silver,  mosaics, enamelled portrait miniatures and gold boxes.  Arthur Gilbert donated his extraordinary collection to Britain in 1996.","physicalDescription":"Suite comprising snuffbox, etui, chatelaine and watch.  The oval snuffbox is enamelled <i>en plein</i> with six opaque reserves of flowers painted against a mauve ground, bordered by wreaths of translucent green foliage and blue flowers, all over chased radiating lines and chevrons; a concealed hinge runs across the rear of the cover and the box has a flaring thumbpiece.  The etui is of flattened oval section, enamelled <i>en plein</i> with four reserves of fruit, flowers and exotic birds within similar wreaths of translucent green and blue; it contains a knife with one gold and one steel blade, a snuff spoon, a toothpick, an earpick, a propelling pencil, scissors and ivory tablets.  The chatelaine is formed as a spray of flowers enamelled in opaque colours with translucent green foliage and tied with translucent blue ribbon in three hinged sections from which hangs a watch painted en suite.  Its white enamel dial has Roman hours and Arabic minutes and blued steel hands.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Schindler, Philipp Ernst","id":"A22489"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"AAT251917"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"gold","id":"AAT11021"},{"text":"enamel","id":"AAT14910"}],"techniques":[{"text":"chasing","id":"AAT54016"},{"text":"enamelling","id":"x37485"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Gold, enamel","categories":[{"text":"Containers","id":"THES48972"},{"text":"Clocks & Watches","id":"THES48976"},{"text":"Metalwork","id":"THES48920"},{"text":"Personal accessories","id":"THES48912"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"MET","id":"THES48599"},"images":["2008BW3415","2008BW3417","2008BW3413"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"71","id":"THES49723"},"free":"","case":"CA016","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"watch","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Vienna","id":"x29246"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca.1760","earliest":"1755-01-01","latest":"1764-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[{"object":{"text":"LOAN:GILBERT.334:1-2008","id":"O157826"},"association":""},{"object":{"text":"LOAN:GILBERT.335:1-2008","id":"O157827"},"association":""}],"creditLine":"The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Length","value":"21.2","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"5.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Depth","value":"2.8","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Measured 12/01/24 IW ","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Provenance\r\nAcquired by Arthur Gilbert from S.J. Phillips Ltd, London, 1994","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Suite comprising snuffbox, etui, chatelaine and watch in gold, enamel, ivory, blued steel, Vienna (châtelaine); Paris (watch movement), ca. 1760, enamel by Philipp Ernst Schindler II (1723–93), chain by an unidentified maker, watch signed ‘Le Roy’","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Truman, Charles.<u>The Gilbert collection of gold boxes, volume II</u>, London: Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd., 1999, cat. no. 57, pp. 91-2. ISBN.0856675210"}],"production":"Different museum number in catalogue: 1996.1048","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"1. Snuffbox, châtelaine, watch and\r\nétui (case)\r\nAbout 1760\r\n\r\nAlthough this châtelaine (watch chain) was produced at the same time as the watch, differences in the style of enamelling suggests that it was made in another workshop. The original case for this set is shown in the top drawer under this display.\r\n\r\nVienna, Austria; enamelled by Philipp Ernst Schindler II (1723–93)\r\nWatch: signed ‘Le Roy’, Paris\r\nGold, gilded copper, enamel, mother-of-pearl, steel and ivory\r\nMuseum nos. Loan:Gilbert.334:1; 335:1 to 7; 336-2008","date":{"text":"16/11/2016","earliest":"2016-11-16","latest":"2016-11-16"}},{"text":"Snuffbox, châtelaine and watch, and étui (case)\r\nAbout 1760\r\nAlthough the hanging châtelaine (chain) was produced at the same time as the watch, differences in the style of enamelling show that it was not made in Schindler’s workshop. The original case for this set is shown in the first drawer under this showcase.\r\nVienna, Austria; enamelled by Philipp Ernst Schindler II\r\n(1723–93)\r\nWatch: signed ‘Le Roy’, Paris\r\nGold, gilded copper, enamel, mother-of-pearl, steel and ivory\r\nMuseum nos. 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