SHELL-BOXES AND CLAMS 

 These two boxes, lacquered with gold designs, contain a number of clams 

 The p,c tures are pain.ed with gold dust, and each Cam has a differen picture 



u°p ni :r re r valves ' but ° n the inside ° f the - -vesirir 



up one clam the same picture is painted 



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c g r ^ P0PU ' ar am0 " S the high6r CkSSeS In ^ *« £ JaP n 

 The dams represented here were once used in the game by ancien 



noblewomen, and show some of their elegant pictures inside 



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