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The bargain book (1911)

Jerningham, Charles Edward Wynne, 1854-, Bettany, Lewis, 1869- · London Chatto & Windus · leaf 166

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e. Sir Henry and his guest went downto the housekeepers room to examine the motleygathering. In the centre of hundreds of pieces ofmodern glass were eleven specimens of the Jacobiteperiod, which, as they were covered \vith dust, hadprobably not been touched for years. The article in the Connohseur… … FINDS 141 of collectors of old British glass to discover aspecimen associated with the Pretender, on whichis engraved a new motto, an inscription which thetireless investigations of Mr. Albert Hartshornehave failed to find. The Pretender portrait glassdiscovered at Oxburgh Hall has the…

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