Games box
Prisoner-of-war
Category
Natural History / Animals, Plants & Fossils
Date
Unknown
Materials
Bone, Gold, Paper, Wood
Measurements
229 mm (Length)102 mm (W)
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1339443
Summary
Carved bone games box with convex lid and fretwork backed with paper on gold foil. Four carved finials to the corners and four carved feet. Sliding lid to reveal two sectioned compartment. Bone prisoner of war (Napoleonic) work. Lifting area to sliding lid
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Makers and roles
Prisoner-of-war