Box
Finnigans
Category
Leatherwork
Date
1916 - 1917
Materials
Wood, leather, textile, velvet, brass, and metal
Measurements
40 x 139 x 89 mm
Place of origin
Manchester
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Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 931699.2.2
Summary
One of two rectangular tan leather-covered wood boxes with hidden hinges and discreet brass clasps. This box contains four safety pins and is lined with brown velvet with a loose velvet pad and roughly cut piece of cream-coloured felt. The lid of the box features a gold tooled earl's coronet. Each box is contained within its own bespoke compartment at the back of a tan crocodile skin travelling case by Finnigan's, Manchester, c. 1917.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).
Makers and roles
Finnigans, manufacturer