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Heather cassie, roughly circular at the mouth, from Orkney, 18th or 19th century
W.QP 36
Cassie
18th - 19th century
Heather
Collector: Baxter, Evelyn Vida, Dr, 1879 - 1959Orkney, Scotland, Northern Europe
