{"id":12333,"date":"2019-08-04T15:02:24","date_gmt":"2019-08-04T15:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pemberley.com\/?post_type=kbe_knowledgebase&p=12333"},"modified":"2019-08-04T15:55:59","modified_gmt":"2019-08-04T15:55:59","slug":"toothpick-cases","status":"publish","type":"kbe_knowledgebase","link":"https:\/\/pemberley.com\/?kbe_knowledgebase=toothpick-cases","title":{"rendered":"Toothpick Cases"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In chapter 33 Elinor and Marriane visit Gray’s. Here is information\non toothpick cases and some illustrations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Firstly, Gray’s was a goldsmith and jeweler located at 41 Sackville Street,\nThomas Gray, prop. I found a reference here<\/a>\nthat he was the Prince Regent’s jeweler of choice until 1800 when Gray retired.\nThe link will tell you a bit more about Gray.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Robert Ferrars was buying an adorned, but essentially pointless-and possibly distasteful, given its use- object of vertu- a toothpick case. The examples below are from circa 1790; neither of them possibly fine enough for Robert Ferrars but they will give you an idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“At last the affair was decided. The ivory, the gold, and the pearls,\nall received their appointment, and the gentleman having named the last day on\nwhich his existence could be continued without the possession of the\ntoothpick-case, drew on his gloves with leisurely care, and bestowing another\nglance on the Miss Dashwoods, but such a one as seemed rather to demand than\nexpress admiration, walked off with an happy air of real conceit and affected\nindifference.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In chapter 33 Elinor and Marriane visit Gray’s. Here is information on toothpick cases and some illustrations. Firstly, Gray’s was a goldsmith and jeweler located at 41 Sackville Street, Thomas Gray, prop. I found a reference here that he was the Prince … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","kbe_taxonomy":[256,267],"kbe_tags":[362],"class_list":["post-12333","kbe_knowledgebase","type-kbe_knowledgebase","status-publish","hentry","kbe_taxonomy-arts-leisure","kbe_taxonomy-sense-sensibility","kbe_tags-jewelry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pemberley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/kbe_knowledgebase\/12333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pemberley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/kbe_knowledgebase"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pemberley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/kbe_knowledgebase"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pemberley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pemberley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12333"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pemberley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/kbe_knowledgebase\/12333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12336,"href":"https:\/\/pemberley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/kbe_knowledgebase\/12333\/revisions\/12336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pemberley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kbe_taxonomy","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pemberley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fkbe_taxonomy&post=12333"},{"taxonomy":"kbe_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pemberley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fkbe_tags&post=12333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}