Collection
Category
Metalwork
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, clay, paper, metal, bone, plastic, cardboard and chalk
Order this imageCollection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 937048
Summary
Red metal box with hinged lid, the base lined with paper straw. Contains: [.1] a small rectangular turquoise cardboard box, 'Empress Harp', made in Germany and probably once containing a brass harmonica; [.2] a small softwood toy covered in paper with brightly coloured images of clowns, faces and exotic animals and birds; consists of a rectangular block within a rectangular sleeve; [.3] a small, white, plastic female head with pink cheeks, red lips and brown hair, wearing a deep hat with pink rim and with a pink socket in place of the neck; [.4] 'The "Wee Mite", No.2' pencil/pen with brown plastic body; [.5] wooden item with metal coil, bone button that presses down on the coil and bone finial at other end, broken into four pieces; [.6] small metal item with screw end engraved 'm&e'; [.7] miscellaneous items including two round clay items, one with the end of a roll of paper pushed, a round flat wouuden disc with hole, a button and a small piece of green chalk.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).