- Date
- 1925 – 1930
- Material
- skin; metal; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0390
- Description
- A red Morocco leather jewellery box, trimmed with gold embossing. Small, brass lock plate at front with large keyhole. Metal hinges at back hold lifting lid, with fabric straps to prevent opening too far. Red leather tray fits in top and lifts out by a fabric tab on each side. Tray is compartmental…
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- Title
- Jewellery Box
- Date
- 1925 – 1930
- Material
- skin; metal; fibre
- Dimensions
- 6.5 x 12.3 x 16.8 cm
- Description
- A red Morocco leather jewellery box, trimmed with gold embossing. Small, brass lock plate at front with large keyhole. Metal hinges at back hold lifting lid, with fabric straps to prevent opening too far. Red leather tray fits in top and lifts out by a fabric tab on each side. Tray is compartmentalized with large box at middle, flanked by two smaller boxes on each side. Tray rests on four fabric covered posts (in each corner). Box and tray completely lined with dark red moire rep fabric. Top edges of tray and inside lip of box trimmed near the bottom, and on either side of the lid opening. Top trimmed with gold lines forming frame around scroll and shell design inside. Bottom of box and tray of darker red leather.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0390
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