Tape measure
Category
Ivory and bone
Date
Unknown
Materials
Ivory, Textile
Measurements
42 mm (Height); 15 mm (Diameter)
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Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
NT 547065
Summary
An ivory acorn shaped tape measure dispenser. Also with acorn finial handle. Acorn 'cup' carved with sprigs of flowers. Slit in 'nut' through which blue ribbon tape measure is drawn.
Provenance
An item from the Pamela Ward Collection, left to the National Trust in Miss Ward's will in 1994.