Glove powder dispenser
Category
Wooden objects
Date
1714 - 1830
Materials
Boxwood [buxus sempervirens]
Measurements
70 mm (Height); 22 mm (Diameter)
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Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
NT 549465
Summary
Boxwood glove powder dispenser, bullet-shaped with globular base, two narrow collars and disc foot. Pointed top third unscrews to reveal conical threaded nozzle with hole, middle third unscrews to reveal hole in globular powder receptacle. Inscribed - Treen glove powderer Georgian 15/- D (sticker) 1714 - 1830
Provenance
An item from the Pamela Ward collection, left to the National Trust in the will of Miss Ward in 1994
Marks and inscriptions
Treen glove powderer Georgian 15/- D (sticker)