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Collection of Early 19Th c. Phrenology Items

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Four: A ca. 1840 snuff box impressed with skulls and "Cranologie de Docteur Gall" on lid, reverse pressed with phrenological legend, English porcelain seal in the form of a phrenology head, phrenology medal on stand, and a glass paperweight bearing an impressed phrenology head
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Title: Collection of Early 19Th c. Phrenology Items
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Four: A ca.
1840 snuff box impressed with skulls and "Cranologie de Docteur Gall" on lid, reverse pressed with phrenological legend, English porcelain seal in the form of a phrenology head, phrenology medal on stand, and a glass paperweight bearing an impressed phrenology head.

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