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Cylindrical food container, the sides made from a slab of cork curled into an overlappping circle and fixed with plugs, with flat base formed of a circular section cut from a slab of cork. Lid formed of a circular section of a slab of cork, with a round tiered wooden knob set in the middle. Handle formed of a curved strip of wood fixed at each side with a round wooden plug, pointed on the outside of the vessel.
Accompanying display label reads: 'Food Receptacle, cork. Evora, S.E.Portugal.'
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