Description (Labels & Markings)
Marking in pen on inside of lid: 'BO'.
Event Date
Author: Anne Doering

Context (Acquisition Details)
The accession register states that the object was purchased but does not identify the vendor or source. The Annual Report does not provide further information. 1914.395 has been catalogued under Accession Category as 'Purchase' and Current Ownership Status as 'Owned'.
Event Date 1914
Author: Anne Doering

Description (Physical description)
Accession register for 1914.395: 'a carved wooden oblong box for writing materials inscribed "S. G." with hinged lid, fitted with a pewter inkpot and partitions. English. 17th cent.' [The same description has been used in the Annual Report for 1914, published 10 June 1915 in the list of accessions for number 162.]
Event Date 1914
Author: Anne Doering

Description (Labels & Markings)
Label adhered to the inside of the lid:'A.R. 1914.162. 17th centy. Local. Purchased 1914.'
Event Date 1914
Author: Anne Doering

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: Anne Doering

Context (Related Documents)
A newspaper cutting showing picture of wooden box with carvings, with caption ‘Bible-Box of Incised Oak, Bearing the Date 1648. [Campbell.’ was found inside 1914.395.
Event Date 27/10/2025
Author: Anne Doering

Context (Amendments / updates)
Record created from object and accession register entry.
Event Date 27/10/2025
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Physical description)
An oblong wooden box for writing materials with hinged lid and key hole, decorated with geometrical patterns carved on lid and all four sides of the box. The letters "S G" are carved on one side of the box. The inside of the box is partitioned into four segments, one with a metal insert, described as pewter ink pot in the accession register. The inside of the lid and partitions are lined with orange-red coloured paper. The underside of the box is covered in green woollen woven cloth.
Event Date 27/10/2025
Author: Anne Doering