Drawer
Category
Wooden objects
Date
Unknown
Materials
Thetford pulp ware
Measurements
240 mm (Diameter)
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Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 936875
Summary
Turquoise Thetford Pulp Ware bowl with gold rim. The main difference between papier mâché and Thetford Pulp Ware was that the pulp ware was waterproof. The chief raw material was woodpulp, jute bagging and other vegetable fibres and rags (gracesguide.co.uk)
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976)