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Description: | Case for a manicure set that has sides of mother of pearl and a base made of pale stone. The edges of the base and sides are covered in copper alloy or gold with a dot pattern. There is a central mechanism that has a leaf and flower knob that opens the case when depressed. The knob is on the top of a central column that, approximately a third from the bottom, has a round disc with section cut out for parts of the manicure set to fit into; these sections are lined with red velvet.
caption: General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no nn16078i | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | cases (toilet articles) stone gold velvet mother of pearl copper alloy Health and Healing | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-133600 | Go to resource |
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