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three and a half to four inches high, and less than three 

 inches across the top. The horn next to it has an ornament 

 that looks as if it had been done by a series of impressions 



Leather Bottles — The Largest 8 Inches Long 



of an iron die or punch over a sheet of tin-foil ; a little of 

 the silvery foil being stamped into the surface at each stroke. 



The old leather bottle of Tudor and Jacobean days, and 



Leather Bottle, Cut to Hold Cart-Grease 



who knows how long before, has long been out of use. With 

 the exception of the ends, that answer to the heads of the 

 oak harvest-bottles, they were made of one piece of leather. 



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