Jewellery case
Category
Jewellery
Date
Unknown
Materials
Silk
Measurements
30 x 155 mm; 205 mm (Length)
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Plas Yn Rhiw, Gwynedd
NT 648106.1
Summary
Folding jewellery case lined with blue silk, contains (ii) a broken string of pearlised beads; (iii) a velvet ribbon with medal and silver date strips (hallmarked Birmingham), the medal inscribed '137084 Alys G. Cropper, the strips dated 1912- 1917, St.John's Ambulance; (iv) an oval brooch set with turquoise stones; (v) a triangular stone brooch; (vi) a small pig attached to a nut; (vii) a WVS Civil Defence badge.
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.