Christmas cracker box
Category
Household and miscellaneous
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper, cardboard, cellophane and crepe paper
Measurements
50 x 270 mm; 510 mm (Length)
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Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 29793
Summary
A cellophane sealed unopened box of twelve multi-coloured crepe wrapped Christmas crackers with stuck on motifs of animals dressed in clothes. The blue, white, red and green box is printed in blue one white and reads; HOVELLS / CHILDREN'S BIRTHDAY CRACKERS / FOR CHILDREN AGED 2 - 8 / EASY TO PULL / No. C. 41 / Hovell, Son (and) Co. Ltd. Yalding, England / DOUBLE CONTENT / HEAD-DRESS (and) NOVELTY / also snap (and) mottoes / Contents Partly Foreign / PRICE 78p.
Provenance
Purchased from the estate of the late Lord Wraxall with the assistance of the NHMF and donations from members and supporters.