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English Delftware. Hand Warmer in the Shape of a Book. Unidentified London pottery, or possibly Brislington Pottery. White earthenware, tin-glazed, and painted in blue, turquoise-green, yellow and ochre. Formed as a book with two false clasps, the hand warmer has two compartments linked by a hole, and having a large approximately rectangular aperture in the top near the spine, and a small hole in the back top left corner. Both sides are painted with the initials and date 'EM/1663' within an oval loopy frame, and have a fleur-de-lys in each corner. The spine is painted with four horizontal stripes alternating with dotted flowerheads, and the fore-edge is painted in turquoise with slightly darker stripes to indicate the pages. Height, whole, 11.3 cm, width, whole, 7.9 cm, depth, whole, 4 cm, dated 1663.
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