Accession No

1199

Brief Description

set of steel engraving tools, 18th or early 19th Century

Origin

Maker

Class

miscellaneous

Earliest Date

1700

Latest Date

1825

Inscription Date

Material

metal (steel, brass); wood; hide (shagreen leather); cloth (velvet); glass

Dimensions

case length 63mm; breadth 52mm; height 17mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred from the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography, University of Cambridge (now Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology) in 09/1953.

Inscription

Description Notes

Set of steel engraving tools, consisting of 5 burins and 1 file, each with screw end for attachment to handle. Fitted wooden case covered with shagreen leather and lined with red velvet. Lining in lid covers mirror. Brass hinge and fastener.

Condition good (box fair); complete

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