Container
Category
Wooden objects
Date
Unknown
Materials
Cabochon, Lignum vitae
Measurements
32 mm (Height); 92 mm (Diameter)
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Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
NT 549455
Summary
Cylindrical lignum vitae container with drop-on lid. Engine-turned lid with central green onyx cabochon and scalloped side. Interlocking rings around centre and around edge. Container with reeded edge and fluted base. Hanwritten notes, inscribed 'Lignum vitae box with green stone C Pinto p.203 .385 pl212 D 90/- Ebony'
Provenance
An item from the Pamela Ward Collection, left to the National Trust in the will of Miss Ward in 1994
Marks and inscriptions
Lignum vitae box with green stone C Pinto p.203 .385 pl212 D 90/- Ebony (notes)