Cigarette box
Robert Frank Knight (1905 - 1976)
Category
Household and miscellaneous
Date
1957
Materials
Exotic wood, Textile, Wood
Measurements
80 mm (H)152 mm (D)
Place of origin
United Kingdom
Collection
Nuffield Place, Oxfordshire
NT 1652251
Summary
Cigarette Box. Stepped, geoemetric shape, lift off lid. varnished oak, inlaid lid/sides patterns. 4 feet, circular green pads. Decorated to the top with a carved letter 'N'. Made by Robert Frank Knight, (1905-1976), Mayor of Oxford in 1957-1958 and presented to William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield (1877-1963) as a gift on his 80th birthday in 1957
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.
Makers and roles
Robert Frank Knight (1905 - 1976), carver