Spice box
Category
Metalwork
Date
Unknown
Materials
Brass, Dough, Iron, Paint, Vegetal
Measurements
159 mm (H)270 mm (W)197 mm (D)
Place of origin
Pontypool
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1334145
Summary
Tin and iron spice box, corroded. Painted black with gold flower and leaf decoration on lid. Brass handle. Contains trays and uncorroded tinned canister. Filled with spices (seeds, twigs etc, including nutmeg shaker, cinnamon sticks, ginger, peppercorns etc). CPW Item 550 - 'Spice box. Pontypool Ware, Black and gold fitted with trays and canister (Yoxford M.B.B).'
Provenance
CPW Item 550 Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.