Accession No
TEMP.00648
Description
Ink stand and sand sprinkler. Rectangular wooden box with raised rectangular centre section with curved 'gutter' (for pens?) down each side and curved finials on the ends. Centre section contains an ink pot with a glass stopper and a sand shaker. Whole box mounted on four feet - has two drawers in the front. Decorated all over with intricate straw marquetry in gold, black brown, green and purple, in floral and geometric designs.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Huntingdonshire; Norman Cross
Period
Post Medieval late 18th century early 19th century 1797-1814
Source
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
TEMP.00648; 214.9 [Peterborough Museum loan no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Wood; Straw
Local Term
Measurements
220mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Peterborough Museum: 'Rectangular wooden box with raised rectangular centre section with curved 'gutter' (for pens?) down each side and curved finials on the ends. Centre section contains an ink pot with a glass stopper and a sand shaker. Whole box mounted on four feet - has two drawers in the front. Decorated all over with intricate straw marquetry in gold, black brown, green and purple, in floral and geometric designs.'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Straw inlaid marquetry ink stand and sand sprinkler.
Event Date 1947
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Loan (Other)
Peterborough Museum, 31/12/1947 to 31/10/2018, Long term loan, although some of it may have been on display.
Event Date 31/12/1947
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Loan (Other)
Peterborough Museum, 31/12/1947 to 31/10/2018, Long term loan, although some of it may have been on display.
Event Date 31/12/1947
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Loan (Other)
Peterborough Museum, 31/12/1947 to 31/10/2018, Long term loan, although some of it may have been on display.
Event Date 31/12/1947
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Loan (Other)
Peterborough Museum, 31/12/1947 to 31/10/2018, Long term loan, although some of it may have been on display.
Event Date 31/12/1947
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Other)
This box appears on the 1947 loan list of French Prisoner-of-War material sent on permanent loan to Peterborough Museum (GO3/1/10). It is noted as having 'No Number', as were several other objects, but it is not clear whether they had never been accessioned into the museum's collection before being transferred or had lost their accession number. See Loan File for more details.
Event Date 17/1/2019
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:282519
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