Quill pen, the upper part of the feather bound with green silk trimmed with transparent white glass beads, and ending in a tassel.

Collection type: Object
Description: Quill pen, the upper part of the feather bound with green silk trimmed with transparent white glass beads, and ending in a tassel.
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England Essex
Cultural groups: English
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Miss M.E. Bullock; PRM source Margaret F. Irvine
Date / Period: Date made: 1800-1900
Date collected: By 1948
Acquisition information: Donated: 1948
Materials and processes: Material Quill, Material Bird Feather, Material Silk Textile Animal, Material Glass, Material Bead, Material Ink, Process Bound, Process Woven, Process Carved
Dimensions: Length: max 198 mm, Width: max 40 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1949.9.463

Search terms: Writing, Bead, Pen

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