Strong box
Milners and Sons
Category
Metalwork
Date
Unknown
Materials
Steel, cast iron, brass
Measurements
445 x 610 x 445 mm
Place of origin
Liverpool
Order this imageCollection
Beatrix Potter Gallery, Cumbria
NT 252272
Summary
Heavy cast iron strong box, with handle to lid and either side of box. Made by Milners and Sons of Liverpool. Metal plaque on front with coat of arms, patent number and the words 'fire resisting'. Inside an advertisement for 'holdfast and fire resisting safes as at the Great Exhibition in the Crystal Palace'
Marks and inscriptions
fire resisting (on front plaque)
Makers and roles
Milners and Sons