An instrument with a small scoop for removing wax from the ears.Examples made of gold or silver were popular in Europe in the Renaissance period; some were enamelled or decorated with gems, and were worn suspended from a neck chain. Some are made with a toothpickon the end opposite the scoop, and some have an ear-pick and a toothpick joined by a swivel.Examples of ear-picks are recorded in the inventories of James II of Scotland (1488), of Henry VIII (1530), and of Elizabeth I (1573-7). Some were enclosed in whistles designed by Albrecht Dürer andin a whistle said to have been owned by Anne Boleyn.