Ring box
Hunt and Roskell
Category
Leatherwork
Date
1865 (circa)
Materials
Leather, satin, velvet, paper and brass.
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 288814.2
Summary
A brown leather ring box by Hunt & Roskell, with a cream satin and velvet lining and a circular printed label on the inside lid. The box is hinged with brass attachments.
Provenance
Hunt & Roskell box for a ring probably given to Sir John Harpur Crewe (1824-86) by Georgiana Stanhope Lovell, Lady Crewe (1824-1910) and described in the 1886 inventory of the family jewel case as a ‘Large Turquoize ring’. Thence by descent to Henry Harpur-Crewe (1921-91) and transferred with Calke Abbey and its contents to the National Trust by the Treasury in lieu of Capital Transfer Tax in 1985 with an endowment provided by the National Heritage Memorial Fund.
Makers and roles
Hunt and Roskell, jeweller