Accession number:
PML 252242
Published:
[England] : [manufacturer not identified], [1830s-1850s?]
Description:
1 sewing kit
Credit:
Bequest of Julia P. Wightman, 1994.
Variant Title:
Sewing kit
Inscriptions/Markings:
Signature in pencil on verso of mirror: Mrs. Edward WIndle, Hall-Garth, Pickering.
Provenance:
Mrs. Edward Windle; from the library of Julia P. Wightman, with her bookplate.
Summary:
Traveling kit shaped like a book with twelve items used for sewing and personal care. Items include: silver embroidery scissors housed in original maroon leather folding pouch with 2 needles threaded through felt, mirror, silver button hook, silver penknife, silver and mother of pearl bodkin, silver needle case, silver earspoon/tweezers, silver thimble, glass and silver scent bottle, and silver measuring tape with pink ribbon. All items are housed in their original brown morocco stamped in gilt, red, blue, and green Victorian decorated case with red velvet lined compartments.
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