Box
Borough of Droitwich
Category
Furniture
Date
20 Sep 1951
Materials
Metal, Oak, Parchment, Ribbon
Measurements
165 mm (H)357 mm (D)
Place of origin
Droitwich
Order this imageCollection
Nuffield Place, Oxfordshire
NT 1651480
Summary
Presentation casket. Oak, carved and decorated. Inscribed metal plaque inside lid. Inside, parchment scroll/blue ribbon.
Provenance
Collection William R. Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield, by bequest to Nuffield College, University of Oxford, 1963, by transfer to National Trust, Nuffield Place, 2011.
Marks and inscriptions
inscribed (?) ; on metal plaque on inside lid of casket ; This reproduction of a XIII century church chest was presented to Viscount Nuffield, the first honourary freeman of the Borough of Droitwich on 20th September 1951. ; ; presentation text
Makers and roles
Borough of Droitwich Sir William Richard Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield (1877 - 1963)