Tape measure
Category
Ivory and bone
Date
Unknown
Materials
Ivory, Textile
Measurements
52 mm (Height); 30 mm (Diameter)
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Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
NT 547064
Summary
An ivory/bone beehive shape tape measure dispenser. Beehive shaped top on circular base with sloping edge. Base on three round bone feet. Bone spindle protruding from top of upper part. Slit in bowl of upper through which (blue) ribbon is drawn. Inscribed - 17/6 (label on base)
Provenance
An item from the Pamela Ward Collection, left to the National Trust in Miss Ward's will in 1994.
Marks and inscriptions
17/6 (label on base)