Box
Category
Textiles
Date
Unknown
Materials
textile,metal
Measurements
50 mm (Height); 130 mm (Length)
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Gunby Hall Estate, Lincolnshire
NT 637952
Summary
Oblong box covered with yellow silk(faded to ivory colour on exterior),embroidered with silk and giltmetal thread in floral designs on all sides and lid. On four pierced metal feet, containing a pair of green iridescent beetle wings.
Provenance
1990, purchased from J Montgomery-Massingberd.