Sewing box
Category
Wooden objects
Date
1851 - 1875
Materials
Walnut
Measurements
400 mm (Height); 410 mm (Diameter)
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Plas Yn Rhiw, Gwynedd
NT 647932
Summary
Mid-Victorian walnut octagonal trumpet sewing box with fitted interior, tripod base missing. Contains a large quantity of cotton reels, button thread, embroidery threads, buttons, hook and eye fastenings, pins, needles.
Provenance
the property was given to the Trust as part of the Plas yn Rhiw estate between 1950 and 1966 by the Misses Eileen, Lorna and Honora Keating in memory of their parents, John William and Constance Annie Keating.