EditorialThe author and engineering processor Henry Petroski, on campus at Duke University in Durham, N.C., in April 2006. (Jenny Warburg/The New York Times)
EditorialNecessaire of gilded copper in relief decorated with rocailles, in which a pair of scissors, screw-in travel cutlery, screw, awl, curved needle, folding ruler, slate, toothpick / ear scoop, needle case and tweezers / file. Model: Flat, tapered, with li...
EditorialToothpick holder, Tiffany & Company, American, established 1853, Electroplated silver and nickle, Small cylindrical cup with straight sides repouss? and chased all over with flowers between plain bands at foot and rim., New York, New York, USA, late 19...
EditorialToothpick Holder, ca. 1888, Made in Tarentum, Pennsylvania, United States, American, Pressed yellow glass, H. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm); Diam. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm), Glass, Richards and Hartley Flint Glass Co. (ca. 1870?1890).
EditorialToothpick Holder, after 1883, Made in East Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, American, Blown glass, H. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm), Glass, Probably New England Glass Company (American, East Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1818?1888).
EditorialToothpick Holder, after 1883, Made in East Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, American, Blown glass, H. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm), Glass, Probably New England Glass Company (American, East Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1818?1888).
EditorialPendant with toothpick in the shape of a dragon, Pendant also toothpick, made of gold, enamel, pearls and precious stones. The whole thing is in the form of a dragon, dragon (large fabulous serpent, sometimes with wings and legs), anonymous, Italy (pos...
EditorialPendant and necessaire in the form of a dolphin, Pendant and necessaire of gold, enamel and set with emerald and topaz. In the form of a dolphin. Contents: a toothpick and a spoon., anonymous, Germany (possibly), c. 1600, gold (metal), emerald (mineral...
EditorialNecessaire of gilded copper in relief decorated with rocailles, in which a pair of scissors, screw-in travel cutlery, screw, awl, curved needle, folding ruler, slate, toothpick / ear scoop, needle case and tweezers / file. Model: Flat, tapered, with li...
EditorialToothpick Holder, ca. 1888, Made in Tarentum, Pennsylvania, United States, American, Pressed yellow glass, H. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm); Diam. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm), Glass, Richards and Hartley Flint Glass Co. (ca. 1870?1890).
EditorialToothpick Holder, after 1883, Made in East Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, American, Blown glass, H. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm), Glass, Probably New England Glass Company (American, East Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1818?1888).
EditorialToothpick Holder, after 1883, Made in East Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, American, Blown glass, H. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm), Glass, Probably New England Glass Company (American, East Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1818?1888).