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Box of Steel and Ivory Pins, English?, 19th Century

Inventory Number 61411


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.61411

Item type
Object
Primary inscriptions
None
Physical material
Steel
ivory
Wood
shagreen
Dimensions
Height: 23mm Width: 82mm Depth: 53mm Weight: 0.05kg
Inventory No
61411

Description

Shagreen rectangular case containing ivory and metal pins.

The contents are 19 pins, 17 made with ivory, 1 with black material, and one made of a wooden cube numbered 1-4.