Cardboard Box
Orr
Category
Historic Services / Lighting
Date
Unknown
Materials
Brass
Place of origin
Glasgow
Collection
Quarry Bank, Cheshire
NT 1452707
Summary
A cloth-covered carboard box with detachable lid. On one side of the lid is an ink written label "Scrap Books J.A.S.". "Elec Lamps" is written on the opposite side of the lid in blue chalk. There is a white paper lining in the lid and box. Inside the lid is the makers label 'M'Iluride, Johnston and Orr, Successors to A.B. M'Iluride, Patentee and Manufacturer by Power of Fancy Paper and Drapers Boxes, Pattern Cards and C. 43 Queen St., Glasgow.' At the front of the box itself is a strong brass handle as if the box was part of a set. The box contains a collection of light bulbs and fittings.
Marks and inscriptions
Inside lid and on base of box: Inside lid and on base of box: On the lid: 'Scrap Books J.A.S' Inside lid and on base of box: On the lid: 'Scrap Books J.A.S' On the other side of the lid: 'Elec Lamps' Inside lid and on base of box: On the lid: 'Scrap Books J.A.S' On the other side of the lid: 'Elec Lamps' Inside the lid: Makers label; 'M'Iluride, Johnson and Orr, successors to A.B. M'Iluride, Patentee and Manufacturer by Power of Fancy Paper and Drapers Boxes, Pattern Card and C. 43 Queen St. Glasgow'
Makers and roles
Orr , manufacturer