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Fingernail guard of tortoiseshell and silver gilt, decorated with repousse butterfly and bat, Chinese, 1801-1900
Details
- Category:
- Asian Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A657766
- Materials:
- tortoiseshell, silver, gilt and complete
- Measurements:
-
overall: 96 mm x 17 mm x 15 mm,
- type:
- finger-nail-guard
- credit:
- Glendining