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Carter No.: 271e(1)

Handlist description: Reed pen case

Card/Transcription No.: 271e1-2 


271, E. (1) Reed Case


MATERIALS OF WHICH COMPOSED
Wood covered with gold foil with ivory end at bottom and small ivory knobs to wooden
cover (which is inlaid with ivory). The ivory is stained red.
Inlaid with carnelian, obsidian (or black glass) and glass, blue (light and dark) green and
red.
TREATMENT: Waxed.


A. L.
Card no. 271e1-2 relating to Carter no. 271e(1)
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