Cutlery box
Category
Historic Services / Food & drink preparation
Date
Unknown
Materials
Baize, Brass, Ivory, Mahogany, Silver plate
Measurements
55 x 340 x 260 mm
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Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
NT 547307
Summary
Mahogany box with hinged lid. Top of lid inlaid with brass shield-type. Inlaid brass escutcheon around key hole in base. Interior lined with blue beize, and fitted with tray. Tray containing six electroplated fish knives and six forks. All with plain ivory handles. Forks engraved with leaf and knives engraved with leaf and acanthus leaf console at end of band of engine turning. Base also containing six similar knives and six forks. All cutlery marked 'HA' 'EA' 'FA' 'EPA'.
Provenance
An item from The Pamela Ward Collection left to the National Trust in Miss Ward's will in 1994
Marks and inscriptions
HA EA FA EPA. (all cutlery)