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Object Name
Butterfly
Object Number
1950-01-42
Description
Cardboard box with glass top in which small butterfly is mounted on cotton. Label stamped on bottom "Benton's Patent/Butterfly Pallet/Reg. Bly/Benton Bros./Wellesley, Mass./Pat. July - 1884"
Comment
Written on bottom "To M.P.Q. from Mr. Frederick Sheldon, 1896"
Category
Communication Artifacts
Date Made
1896
Dimensions
1 3/4" long x 2 1/4" wide x 5/8" high
Materials
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