On View
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DateLate 1800s
Terms
- Toothpicks
- Nickel
- Tortoise Shell
- United States
Dimensions5.08 cm (2 in.)
Markings"Antique Silver Tortoise Shell Tooth-pick. Family jewelry of Mrs. Eliza Leighton Barrett...Belonged to Wm. [William] Leighton, Sr. Father of Eliza Leighton Barrett. Date of 1860."
Credit LineGift of Miss Mary Leighton, in memory of Mrs. Eliza Leighton Barrett (1938)
Object numberPER1847
DescriptionNickel case containing a tortoise shell tooth pick. Mounted on cardstock, upon which the donor described the souvenir.