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Red round emery ball set in black wooden turned base with green wax at base; needle container in between wax and emery ball; undecipherable inscription on bottom.
emery cushions
silk (textile)
wood (plant material)
wax
Cushion, Emery
Unknown
3 3/4 x 3/4 (HxW), 3/4 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Charles E. Deane, Ruthven Deane, and Miss Mary Deane Dexter
1932.774
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