Drawing pin
Category
Desktop & office
Date
Unknown
Materials
brass
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Mr Straw's House, Nottinghamshire
NT 741543.2.4.2
Summary
The single odd brass drawing pin of three contained in a small two part cardboard box of 'THE TOWER PAPER FASTENERS' alongside split pins, an elastic band, a seed, two small stones 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. The pin is brass with the pin pushed through the top creating a small raised circle in the centre surrounded by six embossed scallops with a dash line in the centre of each creating a flower like design.
Provenance
Straw collection bequeathed to The National Trust on the death in 1990 of William Straw.