Accession No
1931.1270
Description
Rectangular box with a lift-off lid and three internal compartments, two with glass lids and one semicircular curved one. Decorated on the outside with coloured straw marquetry on the outside and striped marquetry on the inside.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Huntingdonshire; Norman Cross
Period
Post Medieval
Source
Guillemard, Francis Henry Hill (Dr)
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1931.1270; 214.63 [Peterborough Museum loan no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Cardboard; Straw; Glass
Local Term
Measurements
185mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Peterborough Museum: 'Trinket box. Rectangular box with a lift-off lid and three internal compartments, two with glass lids and one semi-circular curved one. Decorated on the outside with coloured straw marquetry on the outside and striped marquetry on the inside.'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Production / use)
Made by French (Napoleonic) prisoners-of-war
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Box covered with straw marquetry. Divided into three compartments, two having glass lids.
Event Date 1931
Author: maa
Loan (Other)
Peterborough Museum, 30/07/1985 to 18/01/2019, Long term loan, although some of it may have been on display.
Event Date 30/7/1985
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Loan (Other)
Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery, 01/05/2019 to 30/04/2019, Norman Cross collection
Event Date 1/5/2019
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Loan (Long Term Gallery Loan)
Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery, 16/11/2022 to 19/11/2025, Norman Cross collection
Event Date 16/11/2022
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
FM:24915
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