Box
Thomas Barton (1820 - 1903)
Category
Wooden objects
Date
Unknown
Materials
Walnut
Measurements
25 x 61 x 61 mm
Place of origin
Royal Tunbridge Wells
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Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
NT 549144
Summary
Tunbridge Ware round walnut box. Base and lid screw together, and are of similar shape,when screwed together they form a waisted edge. Top inlaid with central stellar design in an octagonal border, surrounded by chequered square, with peripheral vandykes. Label on verso of lid, printed 'T. Barton, late Nye Manufacturer, Mount Ephraim and Parade, Tunbridge Wells'. Inscribed - Rosewood faded (note)
Provenance
An item from the Pamela Ward Collection, left to the National Trust in the will of Miss Ward in 1994
Marks and inscriptions
Rosewood faded (note)
Makers and roles
Thomas Barton (1820 - 1903), manufacturer