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Updated: May 9, 2025
Many old families have interesting and valuable examples, and not infrequently isolated cut-glass bottles with Georgian hall-marked silver tops which have formed part of the equipment of dressing cases are met with. Scratchbacks. Old English scratchbacks are among the rarities of the curios associated with the toilet table.
It is unnecessary to comment upon the habits and customs of those periods when scratchbacks were found necessary, or to refer to the hygienic conditions of the toilet then conspicuous by their absence. It is sufficient to allude to these curious little instruments, mostly shaped like a hand, often of ivory, and always fitted with a handle in length from 12 to 15 in.
Scratchbacks appear to have been made both in lefts and rights in this country; but the scratchbacks of the Far East were invariably rights. Toilet Chatelaines. The chatelaines worn by the ladies of olden time were bulky, and the various objects deemed necessary to carry about the person rendered them cumbersome in the extreme.
The table and its secrets Combs Patch boxes Enamelled objects Perfume boxes and holders Dressing cases Scratchbacks Toilet chatelaines Locks of hair Jewel cabinets. The mysteries of the toilet table are sometimes revealed in the curious furnishings of the dressing-room.
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