"Home and Colonial School Society, Directions and Measurements for Making the Model Shirt", a manual with a loose sample of a model shirt and sleeves embroidered A.H., mid 19th century; a pair of child's gloves, the ivory and purple leather tamboured with metal thread and purple silk, circa 1870; a blue velvet purse, embroidered in coloured silks with flowers and the initials T P; a small quantity of handkerchief initials H and M; a velvet bracelet embroidered with beads; and a length of brown ribbon, embroidered at either end with groups of wild flowers and grasses (5)

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"Home and Colonial School Society, Directions and Measurements for Making the Model Shirt", a manual with a loose sample of a model shirt and sleeves embroidered A.H., mid 19th century; a pair of child's gloves, the ivory and purple leather tamboured with metal thread and purple silk, circa 1870; a blue velvet purse, embroidered in coloured silks with flowers and the initials T P; a small quantity of handkerchief initials H and M; a velvet bracelet embroidered with beads; and a length of brown ribbon, embroidered at either end with groups of wild flowers and grasses (5)

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