Tantalus
Category
Wooden objects
Date
1850
Materials
Wood with steel fittings
Measurements
315 mm (H); 345 mm (L); 270 mm (W)
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Wightwick Manor, West Midlands
NT 1287227.1
Summary
Rectangular oak tantalus with mirrored back, two hinged doors to small cupboard opening out to side and front drawer. Shaped steel mounts and escutcheon. Secures decanters when doors locked. The front drawer, which is released by a mechanism inside the box, contains two wooden cribbage boards, each of which has 12 sets of 10 peg holes marked out, and three white pegs and two red pegs.