Games box
Category
Wooden objects
Date
Unknown
Materials
Burr yew, Harewood, Metal, Sycamore
Measurements
65 x 293 x 165 mm
Order this imageCollection
Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
NT 546193
Summary
Rectangular stained sycamore games box with hinged lid. Large oval burr yew inlay in centre of lid bordered by stringing including harewood. Itself surrounded by band of stylised leaves and circles. Stringing around edges of lid made up of various woods including harewood. Oval inlay around key hole at front of box. Compartmentalised interior painted pink. Central removable divided tray. Note - several notes inside describing construction of box.
Provenance
An item from the Pamela Ward Collection, left to the National Trust in Miss Ward's will in 1994.