String dispenser
Walter Jones
Category
Desktop & office
Date
Unknown
Materials
Card and moire silk
Measurements
87 mm (H); 92 mm (Dia)
Place of origin
Sloane Street
Collection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 33440.4
Summary
Green moire silk covered card, drum-shaped string tidy with lid banded in braided metal thread. Pocket on the side for scissors. The fabric covered base stamped in gold with a coronet and the maker's name reads; WALTER JONES. / 195 (and) 196. SLOANE ST. S.W.
Provenance
Purchased from the estate of the late Lord Wraxall with the assistance of the NHMF and donations from members and supporters.
Makers and roles
Walter Jones, maker