- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Short length of quill used as a toothpick [JP 25/10/2001]
- Geographical reference
- 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 65 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1953.5.13.6
- 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]
Search terms: Toilet, Toilet Article
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