Box
Rowntree and Co. Ltd.
Category
Household and miscellaneous
Date
Unknown
Materials
Card, Cardboard, Cotton, Velvet, Wool
Measurements
75 x 275 x 150 mm
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Plas Yn Rhiw, Gwynedd
NT 648609
Summary
A cardboard box formerly containing 'Rowntrees Whipped Cream Walnuts', now contains 7 wooden spools of cotton thread, 7 skeins of black cotton thread, blue embroidery thread, a needle case, mending thread and darning wool on cards, a length of kingfisher blue velvet.
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.
Makers and roles
Rowntree and Co. Ltd., manufacturer