Bodkin case
Category
Natural History / Animals, Plants & Fossils
Date
Unknown
Materials
Silver, Tortoiseshell
Measurements
73 x 19 x 9 mm
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Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
NT 547102
Summary
Brown tortoiseshell bodkin case with oval ends. Both sides of lid inlaid with silver wreath of husks with central silver tendrils. Both sides of base inlaid with central oval disc with surrounding smaller oval discs around ring attached to two swags at top of base. One larger oval disc engraved 'B M'. Inscribed - 45/- D (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
45/- D (on base)