It's a tiny manicure set. Like something we'd keep at the bottom of our handbags nowadays. But remarkably this is from the dig currently going on at Silchester. It's made of bronze and dates back to the first century AD. There's an unmistakable pair of tweezers in the middle, a prong of some sort on one side and sadly, the implement on the other side is broken. But isn't it fantastic? I am holding it now, yet it was last used so many centuries ago by whom, I wonder?
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At 18:18 20th Jul 2012, Emma Richards wrote:Anne, I think we may well be seeing a comeback of these wooden manicure kits given the incredible security at airports, let alone the upcoming Olympic games! LOL
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