alum-basket
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A small decorative wire basket covered in alum crystals by being dipped in a saturated…
A small decorative wire basket covered in alum crystals by being dipped in a saturated solution of alum to give a sparkling effect.
- There were "memorials of Margate," "a trifle from Brighton," a man and woman made of shells, divers pincushions ingeniously inserted in the same marine abodes, and an alum-basket, which looked as if it would crumble at a touch.
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