Object number
55/783
Description
This is a needle case in the form of a book with a green plush cover and a gilded plaque on the front. It is held shut by a small bone or ivory rod. The case contains twelve packets of needles and some tailor’s bodkins.
Physical description
1 sewing needle case: good condition
Archival history
MERL ‘Associated information’ form (55/782) – ‘Age: Presumably this case & its “twin” were bought & given to the two sisters during the period 1890–1910. // Who made it and where?: … // Who used it and where?: Miss Beatrice E. Stevens, who spent her childhood in or near Newbury, Berkshire, & left there about 1914, to live near Minehead, Somerset. She died in the influenza pandemic of 1918–19, while serving with the French Red Cross in Europe. A case exactly like this, but of a different colour, belonged to one of her sisters, Miss Edith J. Stevens, who died aged about 76 in December 1954 at Holme Lodge, Harrietsham, Kent. It was in bad condition, so was destroyed after her death.’
Production date
1875 - 1914
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_1230.tif - High resolution image
