Photograph: 3 oyster shells with traces of paint inside. All contain the remains of red paint but 1 also has blue.
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Paint palettes

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Accession number: MedWeb005

Place of collection: Guildhall Art Gallery, Guildhall Yard EC2 [City of London]; Merton Priory, Station Road SW19

Material: shell; pigment

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Gallery location: Case 23

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Subjects:

Houses & Shops
Monasteries
Printing & Literacy

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