Cutlery urn
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1780 (and later)
Materials
Mahogany, boxwood, felt, metal
Measurements
66.04 x 30.48 x 30.48 cm
Place of origin
England
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Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 206620.1
Summary
A very large mahogany and inlaid cutlery urn, English, circa 1780 and later, with modifications, one of a pair. Of tapering octagonal form, the lid topped by a gadrooned finial knob, the body mounted with metal handles with lion mask backplates. The interior lined with green felt and slotted for knives. All-over inlaid with boxwood lines and tassels. Raised on a moulded octagonal foot.
Provenance
Listed in the inventory taken at Wimpole in 1965 in the Dining Room (p. 3). Date of acquisition not recorded, but probably acquired by George Bambridge (1892 - 1943) and Elsie Bambridge (1896 - 1976), who purchased a largely empty Wimpole in 1938. The hall and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust in 1976 by Elsie Bambridge.