Box
Category
Wooden objects
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, paper, brass, paint and sable
Collection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 15183
Summary
Plain, rectangular dark wood box with small, worn, white painted square in the centre of the lid containing a sable brush. Lid has two brass hinges. Box has brass escutcheon plate. Remnants of paper label on the inside of the lid reads, Reginald Merivale / To G.A.Gibbs / Christmas 1881. G A G / Christmas 1862 / G A Gibbs / Christmas 1881. Name above the paper label written in black paint reads, J.E. Merivale.
Provenance
Purchased from the estate of the late Lord Wraxall with the assistance of the NHMF and donations from members and supporters.