Context (Acquisition Details)
Collected by: Pennant Collection
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Labels & Markings)
Paper label written in black ink adhered to interior of box lid: 'Snuff box lid. [inserted in pencil: 'Charles I'] Pennant Colln. Dept by the Earl of Denbigh 1912.'
Event Date
Author: Heather Donoghue

Description (Labels & Markings)
Paper label handwritten in black ink adhered to interior of lid: 'Mr Johnston's [?]complain to be [indecipherable] for a Tobacco Box for his smoking room'
Event Date
Author: Heather Donoghue

Context (Display)
Small card label in black ink: 'Boxwood lid with figure of Charles I'
Event Date
Author: Heather Donoghue

Description (Physical description)
Carved wooden lid of tobacco box
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Related Documents)
See 'Report on Collections Research and Cataloguing Project on Post Medieval 'To Be Disposed Of' Material' by David Kay in the archive (Doc.474) for background information.
Event Date 2019
Author: Heather Donoghue

Description (Physical description)
Repaired, oval wooden lid from tobacco box; carved in raised relief with image of King (possibly Charles I), crowned and seated on throne holding royal implements; castle wall to left with St. George flag and turret with cathedral or castle to right. Highly polished tan brown. Rim worn and broken.
Event Date 19/1/2024
Author: Heather Donoghue