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Letter rack
Letter rack, tin-plate, long flat form with scalloped edge, three overlapping plates with scalloped edges to hold letters or cards attached to the back by metal tacks, a pierced hole at the top for hanging; the reverse of the rack covered with a black japan, the front of the rack covered with a chocolate brown japan and decorated with an all-over pattern of small stars and star, loop and stripe borders in silver to which the varnish has given a golden tinge.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 50119
Acquisition
Purchase, 1903
Measurements
Height
(cm): 2.1
Length
(cm): 27.7
Width
(cm): 12.1
Height
(in): 13
Length
(in): 10
Width
(in): 4
Techniques
cut
decoration
Applied Art
japanned
decoration
Applied Art
silvered
decoration
Applied Art
Material
tin-plate
Location
In store
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