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Lot 132

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Wednesday 14th October 2020

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Description

Rare 19th Century sampler needle case, in the form of a book, the silk exterior enclosing alphabets in lower and upper case and the numbers 1 to 10, 4.3cm high

Sold For

£170.00

Category

Works of Art

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