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M.57.W.105
Title
Cricket Tobacco box - Bat & Ball Inn
Date
1810-00-00
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Description
Tobacco box said to represent Broadhalfpenny Down, Hambledon with game in progress, c.1810. Sheffield plate, separate lid. Design: engraved to show copper colour beneath; a game of cricket in progress, the players wearing tall hats. An inn in the distance; said to represent Broadhalfpenny Down with the Bat and Ball Inn at Hambledon. Engraved (pricked) on the base, a geometric flower with the initials B.M.M.O.at the four corners. said to be very rare.
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A metal tobacco box
Rockley Wilson Bequest M.57.W.105
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