Book rest
Category
Wooden objects
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood
Measurements
12.25 in (W)8.75 in (D)
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Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 1398508
Summary
Book rest stamped in gold 'The Bershaw Book Rest', also marked Patent No. 277105, US Patent No 1657321, DRGM 1068225, and Brevet Model 24213. Three slats at the bottom of the book rest open out to give two possible angled positions.
Provenance
Part of the Windham Collection. The hall and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust in 1969 by Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer (1906-1969)