Strong box
Kent
Category
Wooden objects
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood
Measurements
790 mm (Length)520 mm (W)680 mm (H)
Place of origin
High Holborn
Collection
Cragside, Northumberland
NT 1232245
Summary
Wooden storage safe with metal lining and two compartments, label on outside 'KENT patentee, 199 High Holborn, London'. Label on inside of lid 'GEO. KENT patentee, 199 High Holborn, London'.
Provenance
Believed to be 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).
Makers and roles
Kent, patentee