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ca. 1850
GUSN-175800
Writing set including three red-orange pieces of sealing wax, two black pieces of sealing wax, two metal wells with copper tops (one well with lid, one well with perforated top), one wood pencil with metal fasteners. Five metal quill tips, and a menagerie of colored circles of dried ink. All housed in a paper box with two multi-colored birds painted on top and blue board with gold stamping on sides.
writing instruments
paper (fiber product)
steel (alloy)
copper (metal)
Case, Writing
"SUPERFINE LONDON" (stamped)
"Three sit [?] / STEEL PENS / WARRANTED LONDON MADE [plus two illegible phrases on sides]" (printed)
"To / gw"
Unknown
3/4 x 5 x 2 3/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Eleanor Fayerweather
1993.747
London (Greater London, England, United Kingdom)
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