Sales catalogue: Puttick and Simpson

Date:
16th December 1907
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/16/60
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Puttick and Simpson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    | 66 A household hanging-lamp of brass (Ghent) Two of similar type (Ghent) A brass tinder box, with flint and steel, and a candle socket (Malines) Another of similar type (Malines) An iron and wood “coil ”’ candlestick (Ghent) Two clasp knives, with flints, used by the peasants for getting fire (Belgium) © Avery fine trigger tinder box, with receptacle for sulphur An old iron rush clip, for holding light (Co. Clare, Ireland) (Syria) Threé Neolithic polished celts (Bann River District, Ireland) Six flint arrow-heads, same locality Six flint skin-scrapers, same locality A bone apple-scoop, a bone needle, a trade (glass) bangle, and a line of fish-hooks, made of thorns of the white-thorn A string of over two hurdred rough garnets, bored and worn as a charm by the nates of Northern India A carving of a rock dwelling in soapstone, used for dwarf gardens (Japan) — A leathern bottle (Sussex) A bronze fire koro (Japan) A “cash” sword charm, against evil spirits (Foochow, China) A bronze pricket candlestick (Japan) A hibachi or charcoal holder, of rare design, in bronze (Tokio, Japan) , A very old koro, in bronze, ship in full sail on conventional waves (Hakodati, Japan) (Nagasaki, Japan) An old iron water kettle Giogo, Japan)
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