A white metal mounted carved tortoiseshell box height 4.5cm, width 8.5cm, depth 6cm, together with a rectangular snuff box, the lid with plaque inscribed 'Made of the oak which formed part of the original foundation of Old Stockwell Bridge Glasgow. A structure built by Bishop Rae, about the year 1345 in the reign of King David, son of Robert the Bruce. Taken down 1850', the base inscribed 'Bottom oak of the Bishops Palace Glasgow. Built about AD 1120'
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