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Description: | A smooth wooden box in a mandolin shape, hinged at one end with a braided band which slides down the neck to secure the two halves. On the top is an abacus, built into the lid. Inside are hollows for a weight and a rod [?] [neither are present] In a circular hollow is a slate inkstone [?] Old label read 'ex Castle basement'
Accession number: HH-X 591 | Subjects: | weights and measures CHINESE? | Temporal: | 1800-1900? | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Creator: | made in China [?] | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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