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Charles Dickens's silver bookmark and paper opener [realia].

BIB_ID
218868
Accession number
MA 6788
Published
1869
Credit line
Gift of James H. Heineman, 1980.
Description
1 bookmark and paper opener.
Notes
The box in which the bookmark was kept is signed both E.P. Dutton & Company and Sangorski & Sutcliffe.
8.5 cm.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on blade "G.H. to C.D. [Charles Dickens] 1869."
Provenance
Charles Dickens.
Housed in
Brown leather folding box with Dickens' initials and crest on upper cover (box 14.5 x 12 cm.).
Medium
Silver.
Classification