Match holder
Category
Wooden objects
Date
Unknown
Materials
Sycamore
Measurements
84 mm (Height); 46 mm (Diameter)
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Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
NT 549476
Summary
Mauchlineware sycamore match holder. Cylindrical form, the lid section with domed top and turned bone finial, transfer prints on one side entitled 'Sir Walter Scott's Monument, Edinburgh', the other 'Edinburgh Castle' beneath text 'Made of Wood grown on the lands of Abbotsford.', moulded collared base. Inscribed - Treen print match holder Abbotsford wood Edinburgh views pt. c 60/- (label)
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 print match holder Abbotsford wood Edinburgh views pt. c 60/- (label)