Tea box
Category
Wooden objects
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, paint and brass.
Measurements
204 x 245 x 180 mm
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1331942
Summary
Tea box, thin wood, painted black and decorated with birds and flowers in white outlined cartouches. Decoration showing pheasant sitting on a tree branch with flowers on the front of the box. Flowers painted on the back. Inside the lid, a floral painting on cream paper is stuck on. Catch mechanism is circular and made of brass. Wire handles on each side.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.