Collectors cabinet
Category
Furniture
Date
1900 - 1930
Materials
Oak, brass
Measurements
45 x 36.5 x 24.5 cm
Place of origin
England
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Sunnycroft, Shropshire
NT 1318215
Summary
An oak collector's 'egg' chest, English, early 20th century, the moulded top above six graduated drawers, each drawer with a 'chinoiserie' style brass escutcheon with swing handle, on a moulded plinth base. Each drawer contains a selection of bird's eggs collected and labeled by T.O. Lander.
Provenance
Sunnycroft was built in 1880 for J.G. Wackrill, founder of the Shropshire Brewery. It was bought in the early 1890s by Mary Jane Slaney who proceeded to extend the house and lay out the grounds to create the estate that is there today. After Mary Slaney died in 1912 the property was bought by her brother-in-law John Vernon Thomas Lander. Three generations of the Lander family lived at Sunnycroft. J.V.T. Lander's granddaughter Joan bequeathed the estate to the National Trust in 1997.