Needle case
Category
Objets de vertu
Date
1800 - 1899
Materials
Glass, Metal, Tortoiseshell
Measurements
100 mm (H)70 mm (W)10 mm (D)50 mm (H)43 mm (W)45 mm (H)38 mm (W)
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Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk
NT 1210703
Summary
Tortoiseshell wallet, used as a needle-case. Hand-painted still-life scene on the front, and a gold-inlaid motif with ?initials removed. Still-life with a gold oval rim as a frame, glazed, set into tortoiseshell wallet. Lined with red moire silk.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust in 1985 by Violet Hartcup, Lady Sybil Bedingfeld's niece.