Card/Transcription No.: 403a-1

403, A   HEAD-REST
(See 403, B, C, and D.)

DIMENSIONS:
Max. L. 28.1; Max. W. 8.7; Max. H. 18.5; cents.

DESCRIPTION:
A head-rest made of turquoise-blue glass; a great deal of the
surface of which is disintegrated and discoloured by moisture and
fungus.
The central column octagonal; has following inscription engraved
on front facet: <>; and <> on the facet at the back.
gold band gold band

The head-rest is made of two pieces of glass, joined at the
centre of the column by means of a square wooden dowel. The joint
is covered by a collar of thin sheet gold 11 m/m wide and
engraved with <> repeated the whole way round