Tobacco tin
Category
Household and miscellaneous
Date
1899 - 1901
Materials
Glass, Oak, Tin
Measurements
465 x 385 mm
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Dalton Castle, Cumbria
NT 418372
Summary
Trooper's 'general issue' pipe and tobacco tin, as sent by Queen Victoria to Troops in the Boer War. Mounted under glass in oak frame, 46.5 x 38.5cm. Given by the descendants of a local soldier. Dodd, of Skelgate; was organist at St. Margaret's (ex inf. I. Whitehead).