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Maker(s):Sheldon, John
Culture:English
Title:writing case
Date Made:ca. 1843
Type:Written Communication Tool
Materials:leather, ink. wax
Place Made:United Kingdom; England
Accession Number:  HD 71.001
Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. Margery Burnham Howe
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
Writing case or equipage or "Pocket Escritoir". The folding leather-coverd box has a penholder, ink, sealing wax, tapers, matches, and tape measure, with an almnac for 1844 pasted on the inside of the lid. The whole slides into another red leather case. The donor stated that it was acquired by her father on a trip abroad.

Subjects:
Leather

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