Split pin
Category
Desktop & office
Date
Unknown
Materials
brass
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Mr Straw's House, Nottinghamshire
NT 741543.2.3
Summary
A number of size two unused brass split pins, original to the box they are in 'THE TOWER PAPER FASTENERS' alongside an elastic band, a seed, two small stones, three drawing pins and one needle. Kept in a gold and blue metal tin with hinged lid marked 'The Allenburys GLYCERINE AND BLACKCURRANT PASTILLES.' with a metal triangle with two metal balls that meet at the top.
Provenance
Straw collection bequeathed to The National Trust on the death in 1990 of William Straw.