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Pounce boxes

Scope note

Small boxes with perforated lids formerly used to contain pounce or fine sand sprinkled on wet ink to blot it; sometimes made as a unit of an inkstand or desk set.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000198830

Equivalent Terms used

pounce box

Created

13yrs ago

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