Sewing box and equipment
Category
Ivory and bone
Date
c. 1835
Materials
Whale bone, Wood
Measurements
85 x 285 mm; 230 mm (Length)
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Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 997046
Summary
A mid 19th c Anglo-Indian ivory veneered sewing box of rectangular form, the cover engraved "JP" within an oval cartouche and a foliate meander border, enclosing a fitted interior of ivory bobbins.
Full description
Ivory (or could possibly be whale bone as it has discoloured?) veneered sewing box with black decorative garland (various compartments and contents) Initials JP(?).
Provenance
Purchased with the family collection of Abbey contents in situ from Mrs Petronella Burnett-Brown December 2009