Box
Category
Natural History / Animals, Plants & Fossils
Date
Unknown
Materials
Beetle, Copper, Gold, Horn, Silver
Measurements
22 mm (H)64 mm (W)38 mm (D)
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1340012
Summary
Horn box with concave top. Hinged lid carved to imitate basket weave with small scallop shells around the edge and central monogram plate engraved with initials 'J.H'. Silver band to one end of body. Contains part of an exotic beetle with green casing and pincers.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Marks and inscriptions
J.H