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Ivory case from a perfume bottle possibly

Ivory case from a perfume bottle possibly

Rectangular snuff box

Rectangular snuff box

1800-1900
Inro with ojime and netsuke in form of shell

Inro with ojime and netsuke in form of shell

Pearl hand

Pearl hand

1880-1930
Gold Pendant

Gold Pendant

Wood and metal snuff rasp

Wood and metal snuff rasp

1700-1830
Tobacco pipe linked to tonkotsu via ojime

Tobacco pipe linked to tonkotsu via ojime

1880-1929
Rectangular walnut snuff box

Rectangular walnut snuff box

1800-1870
Carved wood tobacco pipe

Carved wood tobacco pipe

1800-1900
Pearl drop pendant

Pearl drop pendant

1870-1930
Gold finger ring and vinaigrette combined

Gold finger ring and vinaigrette combined

Brass nose ring, Zanzibar, 1890-1925

Brass nose ring, Zanzibar, 1890-1925

1890-1925
Lid of tortoiseshell covered wooden box, English, 1870-1920

Lid of tortoiseshell covered wooden box, English, 1870-1920

1870-1920
Rectangular boxwood snuff box

Rectangular boxwood snuff box

1800-1900
Rectangular boxwood snuff box possibly walnut

Rectangular boxwood snuff box possibly walnut

1790-1880
Pipe case in form of man stretching arms

Pipe case in form of man stretching arms

1880-1925
Pearl and Metal Buttons for Nursing Uniform.

Pearl and Metal Buttons for Nursing Uniform.

1932
One of 10 frames containing a selection of watch keys, of British and European manufacture from the 17th to the 19th centuries. Clockmakers' Museum No. 681.3

Framed watch keys from the 17th to the 19th centuries

1601-1900
Gold memento mori ring, with oval setting composed of transparent cover over carved picturee of a man leaning on an urn, partly made from hair

Memento Mori Ring

before 1937
Gold finger ring, circular, with large oval setting with pearls set around perimeter, an urn madeof hair and bearing the initials I.W. in centre

Ring

Gold brooch, a memento mori set with garnets and pearls with plaited hair in the centre

Gold brooch and memento mori, Europe, 1701-1900

1701-1900
Hook implement, unknown use, from actress's travelling case, silver with pearl handle. Made by Thomas Whitehouse. Overall: 102 mm in length.

Hook implement from actress's travelling case

1875-1880
Pearl shell pendant (Lonka-Lonka) flat, egg shaped in profile, used as a remedial charm and serves as an ornament, Arrernte people (Arunta), Central Australia, 1880-1920

Pearl shell pendant (Lonka-Lonka) flat

1880-1920
Gold brooch, circular, obverse has an inscription around the border, with a monogram on a background of hair in centre, covered by convex glass, reverse bears engraved inscription, English

Gold brooch

Gold brooch, a memento mori to John Amery, with painting of mother and children next to an urn made of hair and studded with seed plants, 19th century

Memento Mori Brooch

1801-1900
Tweezers, from actress's travelling case, silver with pearl handle. Made by Thomas Whitehouse. Overall: 100 mm in length.

Tweezers from actress's travelling case

1875-1880
Manicure implement, from actress's travelling case, silver with pearl handle. Made by Thomas Whitehouse. Overall: 97 mm in length.

Manicure implement from actress's travelling case

1875-1880