Trinket box
Category
Objets de vertu
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood
Measurements
81 mm (Height); 81 mm (Diameter)
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Greys Court, Oxfordshire
NT 196411.1
Summary
Wooden gilded box in stylised shape of an owl, head being lid of box. Has note inside inscribed 'To Felix and Elizabeth, with love and congratulations from Celia.' On the reverse side of note there is an image of a clothed mouse running while holding a jar and printed with the text 'AN ELGIN COURT DESIGN SERIES, PRINTED IN ENGLAND'.