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Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill]|Samuel Alcock & Company

Sketches of Butterfly Pen-holder, a Shell Pen-holder and Snail Ring-holder, and a Vase

1845–55
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33 × 24.5 cm (13 × 9.6 in)

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