Nécessaire de voyage; rosewood
Brice Péridiez, Paris, c. 1750

This travel case was made by Brice Péridiez (d.1757), and in addition to being stamped with his name also bears the stamp IB. The latter monogram probably refers to the marchand mercier who collected the glass, silver, Saint Cloud porcelain, and lacquerware (vernis Martin) and arranged them in the piece’s moiré-covered papier-mâché tray.

The nécessaire held everything that a wealthy man of the day needed for his accommodation away from home, from candlesticks, mirror, and potpourri jars to a wig brush, tweezers, and a tongue scraper.