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Tin of Letters and Numbers, Early 20th Century?

Inventory Number 15693


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.15693

Item type
Object
Other inscriptions
Part of a printed cartouche stuck to the lid with a manuscript inscription "Letters" in ink.
Physical material
Wood
Ivory
Paper
Metal
Dimensions
Height: 16mm Width: 148mm Depth: 109mm
Inventory No
15693

Description

Cigarette tin containing: a set of (ivorine?) letters; a sequence of decorative printed numbers, 1-16, with each piece of paper mounted on a wooden block; 5 circular tokens, 4 red and 1 white.