Silks case
Category
Objets de vertu
Date
1810
Materials
Card, Dough, Vegetal
Measurements
5 mm (H)38 mm (W)229 mm (D)
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Greenway, Devon
NT 118628
Summary
French prisoners of war straw case for silks, 5 design windows.Long rectangular case for embroidery silks, the card core covered on the outside with leafy trails and five 'windows' on one side, and plain bands and a single window on the other. The inner sliding folder has a central flower on one side and five motifs on the other, revealed through the windows of the outer case. Probably POW work circa 1810. The motifs include a trophy of flags, a torah scroll and a bird (?dove).