Cask
Category
Wooden objects
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paint, Wood
Measurements
152 mm (H); 114 mm (Diameter)
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1332751
Summary
Small wooden cask (barrel) with lid, painted blue-green with TOBAK in terracotta coloured lettering. Lid with bone finial. Four metal (lead) retaining bands around cask. Lid no longer fits the barrel which appears to have expanded. Originally painted terracotta colour on inside rim.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Marks and inscriptions
TOBAK