Suitcase
Category
Household and miscellaneous
Date
Unknown
Materials
Leather, plastic, glass and copper
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Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 207176
Summary
A navy leather suitcase with a blue watered-silk lining, with holders for pink and clear make-up containers, and sprung hinges. Marked 'M.B.N.' on the lid. A collection of cosmetics containers, including five bottles, one box and four pots, all with lids. Two white corrugated cosmetics bottles with shield stamps on the bases and pink lids. One large, one small. With a spare pink bottle lid. Two large white corrugated cosmetics pots with pink plastic lids. Two small white corrugated cosmetics pots with pink lids with gold detail and stamps on the bases which possibly read 'sky low'. One pot contains powder residue and has a sticker on the base marked 'hair'. A small white corrugated cosmetics pot with a white lid and a small white corrugated cosmetics bottle with a pink lid with gold detail and the cork inside the bottle. Maylock, London. A small clear cosmetics pot with a gold lid and a sticker marked 'night'. A small translucent cosmetics pot with a decorative copper lid and containing powder residue. A green glass cosmetics pot with a white lid decorated with flowers. A rectangular cosmetics box, translucent with a pattern, and a copper-coloured lid with six holes. Fapex 109, made in France. A cylindrical corrugated cosmetics tube with shallow detail and a green lid with copper edges and six holes. Teeth from a comb or brush.
Provenance
Anonymous gift to the National Trust 1980-1999.