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Description: | This dark blue enamel box is decorated with pastoral scenes and ruined temples. It contains a glass inkwell and a pounce pot, a Tassie Gem seal, a pen holder, nib and other tools required for letter writing. Any well travelled man or woman would surely be in need of such a set especially when travelling to see friends in the country. They would need to write and keep family and friends in town updated on their adventures.
Fully fitted travel writing set comprised of glass inkwell and glass Pounce pot with copper gilt fitting. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Subjects: | Travel Manufacturing industry Black Country Decorative arts Metalworking industries Enamels Letter writing Georgian period | Temporal: | 1775 - 1780
Georgian (1714-1837) | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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