Storage box
Category
Metalwork
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal, Paint, Wood
Measurements
240 mm (H); 180 mm (W); 340 mm (Length)
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1333542
Summary
Storage box - Lock-up box in the form of a Scorpion raised on six feet, four having wheels; the box opens to reveal a smaller lock-up box. A padlock hasp on the underside has remains of red paint and is opened from the inside. Painted red inside and black on the outside, but scorpion's face is of contrasting brass. Purpose unknown. Malay beetle nut box. CPW Item number 148.
Provenance
CPW Item 148 Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.