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History of Science Museum

Section of Carved Wood from the Old Ashmolean

Inventory Number 15778


Item type
Object
Provenance
Transferred from the Bodleian Library, Oxford, in 1951.
Physical material
Wood
Dimensions
Width: 85mm
Inventory No
15778
Accession Number
1951-0/part

Description

One of two disused lengths (the other 86650) of egg-and-scroll carving from the woodwork of the bookcases that were formerly in the Picture Gallery (Upper Reading Room) of the Bodleian Library; the cases were acquired and restored by the Museum in 1951, and are now used as display cases.