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1918.28.11

Horn pounce-box [with ink-pot 1918.28.10]

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1918.28.11

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Collection type
Object
Description
Horn pounce-box [with ink-pot 1918.28.10]
Long description
Horn pounce-box [with ink-pot 1918.28.10]. The circular box has a lid of perforated holes. The box screws to the bottom of the ink pot. [MJD 20/08/2014]
Geographical reference
Sweden
Europe > Northern Europe > Sweden
Cultural groups
Swedish
Person
Field collector Henry Balfour
PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1892
Date collected
Purchased 1892
Acquisition information
Donated: 06/1918 - 07/1918
Materials and processes
Material Cattle Horn Animal, Process Turned, Process Perforated
Dimensions
Diameter: max 50 mm, Height: max 31 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1918.28.11
Research and responses

pounce box (for sprinkling pounce, a powdered gum that fixed ink to paper). [Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica] [MR 21/1/2000]

Search terms: Box, Writing, Writing Accessory

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