Box lid
Curry and Paxton Ltd.
Category
Costume
Date
Unknown
Materials
Cardboard and metal
Measurements
39 x 80 mm; 170 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Clifton
Collection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 15375.2
Summary
Brown rectangular stapled cardboard box lid for (NT15375.1). A printed and typed label on the top reads; FROM / CURRY and PAXTON LTD. / Dispensing Opticians / 7, QUEENS COURT, CLIFTON, / BRISTOL, 8 / To Lady Wenlock, / Tyntesfield, / Nr. Bristol. Letters scratched into the label read; APA VIX. Two franked George VI postage stamps are stuck in the top left corner, one a mauve 3d stamp the other a green halfpenny stamp.
Provenance
Purchased from the estate of the late Lord Wraxall with the assistance of the NHMF and donations from members and supporters.
Makers and roles
Curry and Paxton Ltd., optician