Personal Grooming

This category includes items associated with personal hygiene and/or altering appearance through cosmetics.

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U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
8499B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] 2 cockle shells. [A] One containing black, [B] the other containing dark green paint.
8510	(none)	1928,1009.152	(none)	Gold stiletto and tweezers The tweezers are made with 2 pieces of gold welded together but left separate at the ends, forming thus a spring. They are pointed and flat with extreme width of 00045. The stiletto is quadrangular in section tapering to a point. The rings are made by drawing out the metal itself into a long wire which is bent over and twisted round itself. [drawing, 1:1, showing the two objects joined with a ring]
8514A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Cockle shells. Two pairs containing paint (green).
8514B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Cockle shells. Two pairs containing paint (green).
8580A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Cockle shells. 2, containing green and black paint.
8580B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Cockle shells. 2, containing green and black paint.
8650	(none)	(none)	B17015	Copper reticule. With tools (apparently) of silver.
8678	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cockle shells. Containing green and red paint.
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.
8690B	(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.
8731	(none)	(none)	B17221	Rectangular paint? box. Limestone. Grey. Resting on 4 low legs. 5 holes 0025 deep and 002 in diam bored into the receptacle. One hole in the middle and one at each corner; two horizontal ribs decorated with vertical notches rim round the sides of the box. One leg missing - part of top missing. [drawing 1:3] sketch.
8895	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper reticule. Normal type.
8983	(none)	(none)	B17428	Copper reticule (the ring broken)
9052	(none)	(none)	(none)	Bone combs. Fragments of, too broken to mend. one thus [drawing 1:1] the other with a [undecipherable] strip below the teeth, 003 wide.
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]
9091	(none)	(none)	(none)	Bone comb.
9127A	(none)	1928,1009.365	(none)	[A] Copper stiletto and [B] tweezers (imperfect). Originally together on a ring. Type as of the gold example.
9127B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Copper stiletto and [B] tweezers (imperfect). Originally together on a ring. Type as of the gold example.
9190	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper tweezers Toilet instrument [drawing]
9191C	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Copper knife, [B] axe, and [C] reticule. All corroded together. Knife straight-sided L. 145mm, W. 43mm; Axe, broken, L. about 210mm; the reticule much broken.
9246	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper reticule Common type Manicure set Bottom missing Tools attached to a ring
9260	(none)	(none)	B16965	Copper reticule Containing manicure tools attached to a ring Common type
9271	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cockle shell Containing Peacock Blue Paint