Accession No
TEMP.03872
Description
Wooden tray with oblong handle with hole through external end. The body of the tray is encased with low wooden rim and the lower half covered with wooden board attached with iron nails or rivets, inscribed with '?T. W. ANNO DOM 1685' and possibly used as alms box.
Place
Europe; ?British Isles
Period
Post Medieval 17th century 1685
Source
Cambridge Antiquarian Society [donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
TEMP.03872
Cultural Affliation
Material
Wood; Metal
Local Term
Measurements
140mm x 33mm x 324mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Paper label adhered to upper side of TEMP.03872: '153'
Event Date
Author: Anne Doering
Description (Labels & Markings)
Markings in black ink on underside of TEMP.03872:
'B. Poile
Novr. ?16th - 1823
1818
1685
133 Years ago
1820
1685
135'
Event Date
Author: Anne Doering
Description (Labels & Markings)
Paper label adhered to underside of TEMP.03872: 'University Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. Cambridge'
Event Date
Author: Anne Doering
Description (Labels & Markings)
Paper label adhered to upper side of TEMP.03872: 'Alms box inscribed T W ANNO DOM 1685 - The Camb. Ant. Soc., C.A.M. 824'
Event Date
Author: Anne Doering
Description (Labels & Markings)
Paper label adhered to upper side of TEMP.03872: 'Exhibit No. 39'
Event Date
Author: Anne Doering
Description (Labels & Markings)
Carved inscription: '?T/?F. W, ANNO DOM, 1685'
Event Date 1685
Author: Anne Doering
Description (Physical description)
Cambridge Antiquarian Society, Cambridge Antiquarian Museum 1839-1883 Catalogue entry for No. 824: 'Tray, wood, half .x. square, with handle, plain, inscribed "T. W. Anno Dom. 1685."'
Event Date 1883
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
Description (Physical description)
Wooden tray with oblong handle with hole through external end. The body of the tray is encased with low wooden rim and the lower half covered with wooden board attached with iron nails or rivets, inscribed with '?T. W. ANNO DOM 1685' and possibly used as alms box.
Event Date 28/10/2025
Author: Anne Doering
FM:327618
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