Pen case
Category
Wooden objects
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Measurements
54 mm (Width); 268 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Iran
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1339878
Summary
Persian lacquer pen case with sleeve cover. Blue painted background overall with highly stylised floral decoration in gold. The base with red painted background with five stylised leaves. Sliding interior simply painted in red with yellow and black banding. Arabic text painted inside cover.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.