Paper bag
Category
Metalwork
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal & Paper
Measurements
113 x 115 x 90 mm
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Mr Straw's House, Nottinghamshire
NT 750153
Summary
Lidless tin wrapped in a paper bag. The tin is crushed forming a pointed oval at the top rim. The bag has become faded over time with the original colours visible on the bottom, blue, burgundy and cream. The tin has been placed in the bag and the bag folded over. On the front of the bag are the words 'Pharmaceutical and Toilet Preparations' with the image of a flask next to it, on the back 'DEAVILLE Dispensing Chemists 57 Bridge Street, WORKSOP'.
Provenance
Straw collection bequeathed to The National Trust on the death in 1990 of William Straw.