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Pocket-book
Pocket-book
Pocket-book

Pocket-book

Mediumleather
ClassificationsPersonal Ornament
Terms
    Object numberC02828
    DescriptionPocket book of soft light brown leather with a tie. Pressed and dried plant specimens slid between every 2nd folio of the bound pages which form a 1762 diary with accounts pages (unused). Small labels with samples - botanical names written in Henry Cuming handwriting.
    Inside the end paper are additional cloth, plant and a few animal specimens (feathers and a piece of reptile skin, possibly snake skin), with paper labels and small documents.

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    Catalogue
    Henry Syer Cuming
    1817-1902
    Cosmetic-Pot
    1800-1900
    Southwark Sappho
    1993 - 1994
    Pen
    1833
    Summer in Grove Lane
    Norman Janes
    1952
    Plant
    1400 BC
    A Man of Easter Island
    W Hodges
    1772-1782
    Seal
    1300-1500
    Seal
    2000-500 BC
    Human-Remains
    Richard Cuming
    1870
    Box
    1800-1902