Ballot box
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                                early 20th century
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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                                Unknown, Craftsman
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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                                Description
                            
                            
                                A mahogany ballot box, facing slightly to the left [as viewed], with a rectangular body and circular funnel for dropping  voting balls into the ‘YES’ or ‘NO’ compartments, indicated by stickers. A drawer is fitter to the lower panel, also  divided in two by ‘Y’ and ‘N’ stickers. 
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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                                Exact provenance unknown. Likely used to take votes at Council/Committee meetings of the Royal Society or Royal Society Club.   
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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