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

Record ID: 
218868
Accession number: 
MA 6788
Published: 
1869
Credit: 
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.

Inscriptions/Markings: 

Inscribed on blade "G.H. to C.D. [Charles Dickens] 1869."

Medium: 
Silver.
Dimensions: 
8.5 cm.
Housed in: 
Brown leather folding box with Dickens' initials and crest on upper cover (box 14.5 x 12 cm.).
Provenance: 
Charles Dickens.
Classification: