Collectors cabinet
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1900
Materials
Satin birch
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Scotney Castle, Kent
NT 794315
Summary
A satin birch collector's cabinet, English, circa 1900. With fifteen drawers enclosed by twin locking bars and standing on a plinth base, the contents of the drawers including shells, agates, marbles and fossils, all neatly annotated and numbered with handwritten labels.
Provenance
Part of the Hussey collection. The contents were bequeathed to the National Trust in 2006 by Mrs. Elizabeth Hussey.