Short length of quill used as a toothpick [JP 25/10/2001]

Collection type: Object
Description: Short length of quill used as a toothpick [JP 25/10/2001]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England
Cultural groups: English
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector James Bryce; PRM source Bodleian Library, University of Oxford; PRM source Richard William Hunt
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1922
Date collected: By 1922
Acquisition information: Transferred: 1953
Materials and processes: Material Bird Quill
Dimensions: Length 60 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1953.5.13.3
Research and responses: Viscount James Bryce (1838 -1922) was a British politician, diplomat, and historian best known for his highly successful ambassadorship to the United States (1907-13) and for his study of the U.S.Constitution, The American Commonwealth, which remains a classic. [Encyclopædia Britannica Online] [CF 10/7/2000]

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