Measuring tape case
Category
Wooden objects
Date
Unknown
Materials
Bone, Nut, Textile
Measurements
80 mm (Height); 35 mm (Diameter)
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1340181
Summary
Measuring tape case - Nut modelled to resemble an acorn with turned bone and nut base. It unscrews to reveal a measuring tape on a spindle.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.