Fishing fly
Edward Earle Bulwer (1807 - 1861)
Category
Metalwork
Date
1807
Materials
Dye, Feather
Measurements
25 mm (Width); 120 mm (Length)
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1335867.20
Summary
Large fish-shaped lure with wooden body and tin tail, painted green and white, and orange fins with three barbs, and separate bundle of spare barbs. Made by Edward Earle Bulwer, born 1807. In casket 1331952. In notebook no.4, page 25 (1340945.4) Charles Wade refers to: 'Anns Room 73. Drawer of Fishing Flies made by Ed. Earle Bulwer (Born 1807). (Costume Room No.30) & two leather & parchment pocket cases for same.'
Provenance
CPW item 73 Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Makers and roles
Edward Earle Bulwer (1807 - 1861)
References
Wade, 1944: Charles Paget Wade, Contents of Snowshill Manor. Volume 4 First and Second Floor, 1944, page 25