Writing Tablet (Aide-Mémoire)
Cleveland Museum of Art

Writing Tablet (Aide-Mémoire)

c. 1760–70

gold, agate, gold-mounted pencils, ivory writing tablets, mirror, manicure set
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

During the 1700s, many wealthy women wrote personal notes on little thin sheets of polished ivory like this one and later wiped the tablet clean with a damp cloth.

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