Work basket
Category
Wooden objects
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wicker, leather, textile and brass
Measurements
120 x 325 mm; 250 mm (L)
Collection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 15179
Summary
Wicker basket lined with red leather. Three square compartments on one side, two with lids, one containing velvet pin-cushion fixed in place with six black headed pins and two white headed pins. One of the lids has a hole lined in brass and contains a ball of string. There is a leather slot in larger part of basket where scissors would have been kept.
Provenance
Purchased from the estate of the late Lord Wraxall with the assistance of the NHMF and donations from members and supporters.