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Lot 125

Five brass Cairoware scribes' boxes
19th century and later

24 November 2011, 11:00 GMT
Edinburgh

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Five brass Cairoware scribes' boxes

19th century and later
An Arabic inscribed scribe's box, 23cm long, a second with Arabic inscription on front and back, with copper inlay, 25cm long, another decorated with abstract wire designs, 25cm long, a fourth plain one, 22cm long, another round scribe's box with cross hatch decoration on ink well, 17.5cm long

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