Early newsprint transferred easily to a reader’s hands, and was also highly toxic, so whilst reading a newspaper, a reader would use a page turner to flick over the pages, thus avoiding contact with the newsprint.
Categories: Exhibitions | Silver & plated wares | The Victorians at Burghley |
A Victorian silver-mounted ivory page turner, circa 1873.
REFERENCE: SIL04664 (part)
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