Writing box
Category
Wooden objects
Date
Unknown
Materials
Mahogany, metal, ink, pottery and stone.
Measurements
80 x 303 x 170 mm
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1332039.1
Summary
Writing box in mahogany, with brass lock and pivoting keyhole cover. Containing two ink stones, white and brown, one set of scales, one small hammer, one ruler, three ink blocks, one straight edge, two small pottery bottles, one brush holder and a metal inkwell, in two removable compartments, five other compartments, two of which have removable metal lines, all five contained with one removable tray.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.