Plate
Category
Metalwork
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal and enamel
Measurements
180 mm (Diameter)
Order this imageCollection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 936354.10.2
Summary
One of two enamelled metal side plates contained in wicker picnic basket (a) with one handle detached, lid hinged at back; with: six metal half pint cups (b); six small metal cups (c); two metal cups in woven straw holders (d); white ceramic sandwich box with metal lid (e); three condiment pots including a glass pot with metal lid, a glass pepper pot with metal perforated top and a brown pottery salt cellar with stopper (f); small cardboard cylindrical pot with lid (the top loose), possibly to hold the six small metal cups, dated 1928 (g); knife and fork with wooden handles (h); two fiddle pattern forks stamped 'WH' and two bone/ivory-handled knives by John Bagshawe & Son, Church Street, Liverpool (i).
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).