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Retractable gold tooth-pick

HC.J.12.X.14

Retractable gold tooth-pick in a tubular sheath and a thermometer. In an ivory pocket case with a compass set in the exterior and a mirror on the interior of the lid. Obviously made to a special order for a person who was insistent on knowing both temperature and magnetic meridian. Marked *Schmalcalder, 82 Strand. 1811-1814

Nineteenth century, early