Snow glasses
Category
Costume
Date
Unknown
Materials
Glass
Place of origin
Yukon
Collection
Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 1304757.3
Summary
A pair of Inuit (Eskimo) snow glasses which once belonged to Lord Egerton. Part of a set of three items consisting of fur coat, fur-lined hat and snow glasses. Part of Lord Egerton's collection of ethnographic objects once displayed in the Tenants' Hall.
Provenance
Egerton collection devised to the National Trust in 1960 by Maurice, 4th Baron Egerton of Tatton (1874-1958).