A Counterfeit Tortoise Shell Frame

Posted on 27th June 2019 by Jack Plane

Samuel Pepys’ diary entry for Wednesday 27 June 1666.

He (Lovett) did also carry me to a Knight’s chamber in Graye’s Inne, where there is a frame of his making, of counterfeite [sic] tortoise shell, which indeed is most excellently done.

Jack Plane

About Jack Plane

Formerly from the UK, Jack is a retired antiques dealer and self-taught woodworker, now living in Australia.
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