Bodkin case
Category
Ivory and bone
Date
Unknown
Materials
Bone
Measurements
69 x 9 x 6 mm
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Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
NT 547066
Summary
Slender bone bodkin case with straight sides and arched ends. Exterior case reeded vertically. Case split in two, interlocking around round hollow interior. Inscribed - Bone (corrugated) bodkin case 5/- D (tied label)
Provenance
An item from the Pamela Ward Collection, left to the National Trust in Miss Ward's will in 1994.
Marks and inscriptions
Bone corrugated bodkin case 5/- D (tied label)