Box
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
Cardboard
Measurements
90 x 240 x 140 mm
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Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 937232.4
Summary
Wine/purple cardboard box containing three shuttlecocks in poor condition with white feathers and tops and green ribbon decoration. The box has a rectangular, yellow, paper label on one end with black print: 500 GUIDE CARDS / FOR / ROCKWELL-WABASH CARD INDEX / SIZE 5X3 CUT COLOUR / MANUFACTURED BY / ROCKWELL-WABASH CO., LTD., / 69, Milton Street, London, E.C.' Also 'GUIDE CARDS' handwritten in blue pencil crayon.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).
Marks and inscriptions
500 GUIDE CARDS / FOR / ROCKWELL-WABASH CARD INDEX / SIZE 5X3 CUT COLOUR / MANUFACTURED BY / ROCKWELL-WABASH CO., LTD., / 69, Milton Street, London, E.C. (black print on paper label); GUIDE CARDS (handwritten in blue pencil crayon)