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This letter case and comb belonged to Ambassador Thomas Hees when he was in Algiers. Under the flap of the case is an embroidered inscription: 'His Excellency Sir Thomas Hees Ambassador of the States General of the United Netherlands 1676'. Letter cases are comparable to contemporary portfolios. Hees kept his papers in it, as well as this large tortoiseshell comb. The case is lying on the table in the portrait of the ambassador.
Title: Letter case and comb
Description:
This letter case and comb belonged to Ambassador Thomas Hees when he was in Algiers.
Under the flap of the case is an embroidered inscription: 'His Excellency Sir Thomas Hees Ambassador of the States General of the United Netherlands 1676'.
Letter cases are comparable to contemporary portfolios.
Hees kept his papers in it, as well as this large tortoiseshell comb.
The case is lying on the table in the portrait of the ambassador.
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