Flour bin
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1880
Materials
Painted pine
Measurements
86.5 x 90.5 x 63 cm
Place of origin
Great Britain
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Wightwick Manor, West Midlands
NT 1288402
Summary
A white-painted pine flour bin, British, circa 1880, the rectangular hinged top with moulded rim, above a plain rectangular body and plinth base.
Provenance
In 1937 Sir Geoffrey Mander and his wife Rosalie gifted Wightwick Manor, its contents and gardens to the National Trust. Sir Geoffrey and his family continued to occupy and manage Wightwick adding to the collection in collaboration with the National Trust. Sir Geoffrey died in 1962 but Lady Mander continued to live at Wightwick until her death in 1988. This flour bin was transferred to the National Trust on the death of Sir Geoffrey in 1962.