Sewing set
Category
Objets de vertu
Date
Unknown
Materials
Tortoiseshell, wood, ivory, metal, silk and velvet
Measurements
107 x 56 mm; 88 mm (Length)88 mm (Length)
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Hill Top, Cumbria
NT 642180
Summary
Sewing set in tortoiseshell box, lid bears initials 'JL' or 'IL'; fitted interior lined with red velvet containing built-in pin-cushion, gold thimble, pair of scissors, red silk needle case, flat rectangular piece of ivory, tape-measure in ornate drum, cylindrical silver pencil, ornate darning needle, letter opener? with ornate handle. Due to their small size, the latter two items do not protrude.