Seed specimens case
Sutton and Sons
Category
Natural History / Animals, Plants & Fossils
Date
1876 - 1901
Materials
Dough, Glass, Leatherette, Vegetal, Wood
Measurements
762 x 762 mm
Place of origin
Reading
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Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 884847
Summary
Late Victorian wooden case containing natural grasses and seed specimens presented by Sutton and Sons, Reading, England. Over the glass is fixed a dark blue leatherette roller blind, fixed by tape when not in use.
Provenance
Gift/purchase from Sutton and Sons c.1900 (See correspondence with Michael Trinick, April 1979)
Marks and inscriptions
(on plate) SUTTON and SONS/
Makers and roles
Sutton and Sons, seed merchant