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    Title

  • Einstein Family Travel Manicure Set

  • Physical Description

    1 manicure set : brass, mother of pearl, bone ; 9 x 5 cm. (3.5 x 2 in.), + case

  • Date

    between 1734 and 1766

  • Summary

    Manicure set housed in an oblong case with engraved floral decorations. The set consists of a pair of scissors, a hinged bone implement, a nail file with a mother of pearl handle, tweezers, nail polisher, and cuticle pusher.

  • Subject

    Manicuring; Eighteenth century

  • Medium

    Tools and equipment

  • Part Of

    Albert Einstein Collection, AR 136

  • Accession Number

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Biographical/Historical Information

Family heirloom of the Einstein family, first owned by Esther Einstein (1720-1796).

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Citation

Einstein Family Travel Manicure Set, Leo Baeck Institute, 2012.034.