Cutlery box
Category
Historic Services / Food & drink preparation
Date
Unknown
Materials
Baize, Brass, Ivory, Mahogany, Silver plate
Measurements
55 x 280 x 255 mm
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Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
NT 547306
Summary
Mahogany box with hinged lid. Top of lid inlaid with plain brass shield. Brass inlay also around key-hole in base. Interior lined with blue beize, and base fitted with tray. Tray containing six electroplated knifes and four forks. All with ivory handles carved with stylised leaves. Two forks missing from tray. Base also containing six similar knifes and six forks. All cutlery marked 'H A '.
Provenance
An item from The Pamela Ward Collection left to the National Trust in Miss Ward's will in 1994
Marks and inscriptions
H A (all cutlery)