Packing case
Category
Wooden objects
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood and paper
Measurements
1300 x 1560 mm
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Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 936687.1
Summary
Piece from a picture packing case with an address label printed with, 'Valuable Pictures, With Great Care, To Be Kept Dry, From Gooden & Fox Ltd., 57 Pall Mall, London, S.W.1', and addressed to The Rt. Honble The Earl of Stamford, Dunham Massey Hall, Altrincham, Will be collected for at Warrington (Bank Quay Station)';'L.M.&S. Ry Passenger, 1.30 train from Euston, 15.7.26'. Also with three red and white London Midland and Scottish Railway parcel stamps amounting to £1/2s/3d (78632 - £1/-; 673474 - 2s/-; 227318 - 3d); one of two pieces from picture packing cases.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976)
Marks and inscriptions
VALUABLE PICTURES - WITH GREAT CARE / TO BE KEPT DRY [printed in black] / THE RT. HONBLE THE EARL OF STAMFORD / DUNHAM MASSEY HALL / ALTRINCHAM / WILL BE COLLECTED FOR AT / WARRINGTON (BANK QUAY STATION) [handwritten in black ink] / L.M.+S. Ry / PASSENGER / 1-30 TRAIN FROM EUSTON / 15=7=26 [handwritten in red ink] / 35BO...ST. [faint, hadnwritten in ink] FROM GOODEN & FOX, [printed in black] LTD [handwritten in black ink, v. faint] / ST. JAMES... [handwritten in faint black ink] / 57 PALL MALL, LONDON, S.W.1 [printed in black]