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19th century
GUSN-50498
Paper and leather Royal brand needle case with two packets for needles & two needles. Case of thin red leather over stiff card with 45% angle top slipping into front closure, adorned with embossed, five-point, gold stars, and green paper labels. Two paper slips for needles with green and turquoise labels, one with two needles.
needle cases
leather
cardboard
steel (alloy)
paper by composition or origin
Leather
CASE, NEEDLE
Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman
1985.549
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