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- page_0: "Lord Bafford:
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- A recent delivery of antiquities from Bohn \
- contains several items which we felt might be of interest to you. \
- Descriptions follow, but you are welcome to drop by our shop to \
- examine them, or our other goods, in person.
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- An ornamental sceptre, \
- three feet in length. The body of the stave is weirwood, carved in \
- the star and dot pattern. Six inches of the ferrule, and five inches \
- of the grip, are bound with burnished copper overlaid by an \
- ink-and-glaze cracqudare varnish. The crowning feature of this \
- magnificent piece, however, is the six inch teardrop-cut"
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- page_1: "cloudstone, one of the finest of its type we have seen.
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- A treasure-box of two feet \
- by three feet, of silver birchwood. The lid is of inlaid pearline and \
- onyx, in a maze pattern carved into the wood. The feet are lion-paws, \
- each clutching a crystal globe. The inside of the box contains two \
- principal compartments, one with glass shelves, and one without. \
- Beneath the compartments is a lockable two-inch false bottom for your \
- most valuable treasures.
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- Grimworth and de Perrin,
- Fine Antiquities and Precious Relics"
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