Sandwich box
Category
Ceramics
Date
Unknown
Materials
Ceramic and metal
Measurements
100 x 210 x 140 mm; 25 mm (Height); 220 mm (Width); 150 mm (Depth)
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Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 936354.5
Summary
White ceramic sandwich box with metal lid; contained in wicker picnic basket with one handle detached and lid hinged at back (a) with: six metal half pint cups (b); six small metal cups (c); two metal cups in woven straw holders (d); 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); two enamelled metal side plates (j).
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).