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At a time when travelling was a carefully planned operation, with long-distance journeys taking weeks or months, silver and gold vessels were an essential part of luggage for those who could afford it. The toilet, that is to say the process of rising and dressing by royalty and aristocracy, became a ceremony in the 17th century, and the first social event of the day. This was carried on despite the rigours of travel. \n\r\nTobias  Baur was one of Augsburg’s leading makers of travelling toilet services during the 17th century and many of his services survive: the largest of  which contains ninety-one pieces and is in the Residenzmuseum, Munich. Many of the pieces are decorated with enamel miniatures of putti in landscapes. Although unsigned, it is believed that these enamelled miniatures were supplied by the Fromery workshop in Berlin.\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.\r\n","physicalDescription":"The powder blower is in the form of a pair of bellows.  The casings are of the baluster shape with gadrooned borders and shell-shaped handles; the lower casing is engraved with scrolling flowers and a circular enameled miniature.  At the tip is a pierced nozzle and a detachable engraved and fluted cap.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Baur, Tobias","id":"A10936"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"AAT251917"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"silver","id":"AAT11029"},{"text":"enamel","id":"AAT14910"},{"text":"silver-gilt","id":"x37998"},{"text":"leather","id":"AAT11845"}],"techniques":[{"text":"gilding","id":"AAT53789"},{"text":"engraving (incising)","id":"AAT53829"},{"text":"enamelling","id":"x37485"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Gilded silver (silver-gilt) chased and pierced with silver and enamel and leather","categories":[{"text":"Accessories","id":"THES48998"},{"text":"Metalwork","id":"THES48920"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"MET","id":"THES48599"},"images":["2008BU1579","2008BU1629","2008BU1628","2008BU1626","2008BU1608","2008BU1607"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"71","id":"THES49723"},"free":"","case":"CA016","shelf":"","box":""},{"current":{"text":"71","id":"THES49723"},"free":"","case":"CA016","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"powder blower","id":""}],[{"text":"powder blower","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Augsburg","id":"x32552"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1695","earliest":"1690-01-01","latest":"1699-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Length","value":"9.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"4.7","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Height","value":"4.1","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Weight","value":"80","unit":"g","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Measured 23/02/2024 IW ","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Provenance: Purchased from S.J.Phillips, Ltd., London, 1986.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Silver, parcel-gilt, enamel, and leather bellows, Augsburg, ca.1695, by Tobias Baur","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Joppien, Rüdiger, ed. <u>Ein rheinischer Silberschatz - Schmuck und Gerät aus Privatbesitz</u>.  Exhibition catalogue, Cologne (Kunstgewerbemuseum)1980, cat. no. 27, pp. 56-58."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Seling, Helmut. <u>Die Kunst der Augsburger Goldschmiede 1529-1868: Meister, Marken, Werke</u>.  Vol. I. pp. 292-93; Vol. II. fig. 560.  Munich: Verlag C.H. Beck, 1980."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Schroder, Timothy. <u>The Gilbert collection of gold and silver</u>. Los Angeles (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) 1988, cat. no. 152, pp. 560-63. 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