Container
Category
Wooden objects
Date
1914 (circa)
Materials
Yew
Measurements
70 mm (Height); 60 mm (Diameter)
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Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 883182.5.1
Summary
The base of a wooden (possibly yew) container, cracked, as is the lid, containing powder and a swansdown powder puff; one from a set of five of various shapes and sizes. Part of the contents of Captain The Hon. Thomas (Tommy) Agar-Robartes's dressing case (LAN.L.131) which was sent back from France after his death in 1915.
Provenance
Part of the contents of Captain The Hon. Thomas (Tommy) Agar-Robartes's dressing case (LAN.L.131) which was sent back from France after his death following the battle of Loos, September 1915.