Paper knife
Eastern Telegraph Co Ltd
Category
Household and miscellaneous
Date
1884
Materials
Wood
Measurements
37 mm (Width); 325 mm (Length)
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 871954
Summary
Paper knife issued as an advertisement by the Eastern Telegraph Co Ltd in 1884. Bearing a calendar for that year on one side and a map showing cable rates and stations throughout the world on the other.
Provenance
At Saltram by 1962 and given to NT by Montagu Brownlow Parker (1878-1962), 5th Earl of Morley as part of the endowment.
Makers and roles
Eastern Telegraph Co Ltd