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Carter No.: 079

Handlist description: Rounded box of ebony and red wood veneer, lid = 574

Card/Transcription No.: 079-2


79 (cont)

3. (cont) 3 high, the metal itself being .4 in diam. Central panel of ebony throughout. Upper half recessed very slightly: in it sky sign, base, and cartouches, gilded, in relief. Sam group in lower half in yellow paint. Knob of ebony 4.3 in diam. projecting 1. Inscriptions on central ebony slat, all round. In yellow paint. Flattened side

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Rounded sides

Centre panel

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Card no. 079-2 relating to Carter no. 079
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