minutemanworld:A late 18th century travelling ink set, unmarked, circa 1760, the shagreen case of re
minutemanworld:A late 18th century travelling ink set, unmarked, circa 1760, the shagreen case of rectangular form, the hinged cover opens to reveal an unmarked silver mounted inkwell and sander, a pen and a desk seal, length 7.2cm. Shagreen is a type of rawhide. Originally it used to be made from the back of a horse or a wild donkey. In the 18th century the skin of a shark began to be called shagreen a well. -- source link
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