Object record

Brass Request Tray

Reading-room equipment

Accession numberRA-IR-1961-043

Image access

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Catalogue description

Public description

A divided desk tray formerly used to route reading-room request slips and service counterparts. Withdrawn from ordinary service on 19 October 1961 under equipment receipt 43.

Custody and title

Provenance summary

Transferred from the North Reading Room desk to Collections & Custody. Its earlier manufacture and acquisition are not established in the released papers.

The received title is retained for catalogue continuity. It does not establish original cultural attribution or function.

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RA-IR-1961-042 · archival record and reviewed attachments