Dispatch box
Category
Household and miscellaneous
Date
Unknown
Materials
Leather, Metal, Paper
Measurements
170 mm (Height) x 310 mm (Depth); 460 mm (Length)
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Hughenden, Buckinghamshire
NT 428921.1
Summary
Baroness Thatcher's dispatch box. Covered in red leather, worn and scuffed, with 'EIIR' and crown above in centre of lid. Also on lid 'Prime Minister' and in bottom left corner '5'. '5' also on each end of lid. Handle and metal lock plate. Black interior with strapwork lid. Two keys and label. Written on one side of label 'Non-security keys for box (on Dd. 8398380)'. Followed by the following words, but scored through 'Already delivered to 900'. On other side of label 'Box for Hughenden and 2 keys'.
Marks and inscriptions
'Non-security keys for box (on Dd. 8398380)', 'Already delivered to 900' (scored through), 'Box for Hughenden and 2 keys' (label)