A wooden pencil box, circa 1897 the upper slide with chromolithographic decoration of a football match inscribed ENGLAND VERSUS SCOTLAND, AT CRYSTAL PALACE, length 24cm., 9 1/2in. Footnote The first England v Scotland match at the Crystal Palace took place in 1897 and is likely to have been the inspiration for the pencil box's design.
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£400
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A wooden pencil box, circa 1897 the upper slide with chromolithographic decoration of a football match inscribed ENGLAND VERSUS SCOTLAND, AT CRYSTAL PALACE, length 24cm., 9 1/2in. Footnote The first England v Scotland match at the Crystal Palace took place in 1897 and is likely to have been the inspiration for the pencil box's design.