. A catalogue of the Portland Museum : lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland deceased which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Skinner and Co. on Monday the 24th of April, 1786, and the thirty-seven following days ... Sundays, and the 5th of June ... excepted ... Zoological specimens; Art objects; Mollusks. 4 t' '7. A blood-ftone bos, mounted in gold An agate box ditto A cornelian ftiell bos, ditto An agate Box, 'vcrjJint ditto A ditto ditto A ditto ditto A ditto ditto A ditto ditto A ditto ditto A cornelian fhell box ditto An agate box ditto A ditto ditto A ditto ditto A Derbj'f
. A catalogue of the Portland Museum : lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland deceased which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Skinner and Co. on Monday the 24th of April, 1786, and the thirty-seven following days ... Sundays, and the 5th of June ... excepted ... Zoological specimens; Art objects; Mollusks. 4 t' '7. A blood-ftone bos, mounted in gold An agate box ditto A cornelian ftiell bos, ditto An agate Box, 'vcrjJint ditto A ditto ditto A ditto ditto A ditto ditto A ditto ditto A ditto ditto A cornelian fhell box ditto An agate box ditto A ditto ditto A ditto ditto A Derbj'ftiire box ditto A pudding ftone ditto ditto A ditto, curious, ditto A pudding flone ditto ditto A ditto ditto A gokJ enamelled needle cafe, mounted in gold An engine-turned ivory box A tortolfefhell inlaid box, mounted in gold ' — A black and mother-of pearl box, inlaid and mounted witli gold A curious torioi/ejhell box, form of tJn hulk of a fiipt ditto A fine inlaid ditto mounted in ditto. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Portland, Margaret Cavendish Holles Harley, Duchess of, 1714-1785; Lightfoot, John, 1735-1788; Dance, S. Peter, associated name. DSI; Berry, S. Stillman (Samuel Stillman), 1887-1984, former owner. DSI; Roper, Clyde F. E. , 1937- , donor. DSI; Skinner and Company. [London : s. n. ]
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