Miscellaneous collection
Category
Household and miscellaneous
Date
Unknown
Materials
Plastic, metal, paper, vegetal, textile, string, stone, glass, card and cellophane
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 939248
Summary
Rectangular white cardboard shoe box with blue and white Timpson label on one end, with 'cot cotton cover' handwritten on the opposite end in pencil, and once containing black, size 12 shoes. Now contains: a white plastic plug with metal chain, length of black ribbon, piece of string; rusty black, red and yellow tin of Kiwi black shoe polish; metal shoe tree part; small glass black ink bottle with black plastic screw cap; a complete and a part pack of Blakey's metal 'Fairy' segs on rectangular blue and red piece of card (cream and red on reverse); fragments of donkey stone; rectangular brown paper packet of Kardomah Tips loose-leaf tea with blue, green and white label.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).