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Toilet paraphernalia

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  • The countess's levee: a barber dresses her hair while she converses with Silvertongue, her lawyer. Engraving by Simon François Ravenet after W. Hogarth, 1745.
  • Ancient Roman (?) toilet accessories: sixteen figures, including combs, a mirror and various containers. Etching by A. Ottieri after V. Mollame, 18--?.

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    Ancient Roman (?) toilet accessories: sixteen figures, including combs, a mirror and various containers. Etching by A. Ottieri after V. Mollame, 18--?.

    Mollame, V. | Date: [between 1800 and 1899?] | Reference: 568069i
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    Bäder, Duft und Seife : Kulturgeschichte der Hygiene [Ausstellung des Kunstgewerbemuseums der Stadt Köln, 20. 2. 1976-23. 5. 1976 im Overstolzenhaus] / Bearb. von Gisela Reineking von Bock.

    Reineking-von Bock, Gisela, 1933- | Date: 1976
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    The countess's levee: a barber dresses her hair while she converses with Silvertongue, her lawyer. Engraving by Simon François Ravenet after W. Hogarth, 1745.

    Hogarth, William, 1697-1764. | Date: [1745] | Reference: 38356i
    Part of: Marriage a-la-mode
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    Römisches Toilettgerät und medizinische Instrumente aus Augst und Kaiseraugst / Emilie Riha ; mit naturwissenschaftlichen Beiträgen von Marcel Joos, Jörg Schibler und Willem B. Stern.

    Riha, Emilie. | Date: 1986
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    Die Strigilis / Ellen Kotera-Feyer.

    Kotera-Feyer, Ellen, 1959- | Date: [1993], ©1993

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