Gas mask with case
Category
Metalwork
Date
Unknown
Materials
Tin
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Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 23451
Summary
Cylindrical cream coloured tin gas mask canister with crude brown painted lettering reading; E.GIBBS. / H.G.B-S / ETON. Four holes in tin towards top, two on each side, as eyelets, through which cream coloured cotton tape is laced. Tape is then laced through lid to act as hinge. On lid top is printed in black; NAME / ADDRESS. Between the two is a strip of sticking plaster annotated in ink; E.GIBBS. Around side of lid; MBGAS MASK CONTAINER.
Provenance
Purchased from the estate of the late Lord Wraxall with the assistance of the NHMF and donations from members and supporters.