Pocket writing kit Object

Accession number: 
PML 252037
Published: 
[Augsburg] : [Verlegt von Joh. Pet. Ebner], [1800]
Description: 
1 escritoire
Credit: 
Bequest of Julia P. Wightman, 1994.
Notes: 

Pocket-sized writing kit or escritoire encased in a leather oyster case with head-and-shoulders portrait illustration possibly of the publisher. Includes 2 bone folders, empty glass bottle for ink, envelope opener[?], silver blank writing book with floral decorations (78 x 28 mm), and "Calender auf das Jahr nach Jefu Chrifti unfers heilandes Geburt, Augsburg : Verlegt von Joh. Pet. Ebner, 1800" ([32] pages ; 75 x 28 mm) in blindstamped silver wrappers.
Housed in decorative blindstamped leather oyster case.

Provenance: 
From the library of Julia P. Wightman.
Classification: 
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