Object number
95/43/1-2
Description
A knife box with a sliding lid, and a hole at one end for hanging. It came from a cottage in East Garston, Berkshire.
A rectangular wooden knife box with a sliding lid, and a hole at one end for hanging. It has been stained a dark brown colour, and is lined with yellow paper. It came from a cottage in East Garston, Berkshire.
Physical description
1 knife box: wood; fair condition
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – 'Standard museum name: KNIFE BOX // Accession number: 95/43 // … // Recorder: JMB // Date: 20.2.95 // Description: Rectangular wooden box with sliding lid and hole at end for hanging. Stained a dark colour. Lined with yellow paper. // Dimensions: Length: 40.0 cm Width: 16.0 cm // Associated information: See 95/35 [95/35– 95/43 // These items were owned by Miss Cecil Barker, Yew Tree, Back Street, East Garston, RG16 7EX. She died earlier in 1994 aged 93. // [Donor] was an old friend who, as Miss Barker’s executor, passed the material on to the Museum. // Some of the material will have come originally from another old cottage in the village known as ‘Baggers’.]’
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