- By
- Mansfield, Katherine, 1888-1923, Bell, Vera Margaret, 1885-1974, Beauchamp, Harold (Sir), 1858-1938
- Description
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Small brass pig, with a hollowed-out back, with hog-hairs for pen-wiping inside the end of the hollow.
Exhibited in 'A Meeting of Cultures: France and New Zealand' exhibition of early French views of New Zealand and of Katherine Mansfield manuscripts, translations into French and curios, held at Alexander Turnbull Library, 2 to 30 March 1999.
Quantity: 1 curio(s).
Physical Description: Brass, with hog hairs, 110 x 50 x 40 mm
Provenance: Property of Katherine Mansfield, given to her by her father, Harold Beauchamp, and left to him in her will, but passed to her sister, Mrs Vera McIntosh Bell of Canada, then to her nephew Andrew Bell.
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