Box
Category
Wooden objects
Date
Unknown
Materials
Balsa, Textile
Measurements
191 mm (H)127 mm (W)
Collection
Cragside, Northumberland
NT 1229100
Summary
Paulownia wood storage box, Japanese, late 19th or first half 20th century, inscribed on the lid in black ink seidōsei kōshō (bracket [?] bell made of bronze), possibly intended to hold the bronze bell with inv. no. NT 1228194.
Provenance
Armstrong collection. Transferred by the Treasury to The National Trust in 1977 via the National Land Fund, aided by 3rd Baron Armstrong of Bamburgh and Cragside (1919 - 1987).