Paper wrapping
Category
Household and miscellaneous
Date
1870 (circa)
Materials
Brown paper, paper and string
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 938784.12
Summary
Brown paper tied in a roll with string. A scrap of headed note paper is attached inside the brown paper with the address '61 Glebe Place, Chelsea, S.W.3' scribbled out, on which is handwritten in pencil, 'The Countess of / Stamford' over the top of an earlier handwritten pencil note. 'The Countess / of Stamford' is also handwritten in pencil directly onto the brown paper above illegible pink pencil crayon writing. Contains eight Sheffield table knives and three Sheffield dessert knives with round horn handles, manufactured by Harrison & Co., Hiram Wild; William Webster and Thomas Smith.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).