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Needle Box

1809-1839

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Needle Box

1809-1839

Physical Qualities Mother-of-pearl, abalone, velvet, 1 1/2 x 1 1/4 x 1 1/4 in. (3.8 x 3.2 x 3.2 cm)
Credit Line Gift of Gloria B. and Herbert M. Katzenberg, Baltimore
Object Number 2013.117
Small octangonal box, probably a needle box, covered in alternating pieces of mother-of-pearl and abalone. Lined with velvet.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2013; Gloria Katzenberg, Baltimore, by purchase, 1971; London

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