Knife box
Thomas Sheraton (Stockton-on-Tees 1751 – 1806)
Category
Wooden objects
Date
Unknown
Materials
mahogany, boxwood and ebony
Measurements
360 mm (H); 200 mm (W); 270 mm (D)
Order this imageCollection
Erddig, Wrexham
NT 1147446.1
Summary
A knife box - One of a pair of Sheraton mahogany veneered knife boxes, with fitted interiors, with serpentine front and boxwood and ebony chequered stringing. The lid is inlaid with star in boxwood and ebony and ahHandwritten label inside of lid '6 Table spoons.....' etc.
Provenance
Given by Philip Yorke III (1905-1978) along with the estate, house and contents to the National Trust in 1973.
Marks and inscriptions
Inside of lid: '6 Table spoons.....' etc. (handwritten label inside of lid)
Makers and roles
Thomas Sheraton (Stockton-on-Tees 1751 – 1806), designer