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Box

1981 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jewellery box with wild bird cherry and laburnam; bamboo pegs and hinge pivots. Finished with shellac sealer and beeswax polish.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Shellac sealer; beeswax polish
Brief description
Wooden jewellery box, 1981, English
Physical description
Jewellery box with wild bird cherry and laburnam; bamboo pegs and hinge pivots. Finished with shellac sealer and beeswax polish.
Gallery label
JEWELLERY BOX ENGLISH; 1981 Wild bird cherry and laburnum, with bamboo pegs and pivots. Specially commissioned for the museum from David Trubridge of Haltwhistle, Northumberland.(pre October 2000)
Credit line
Given by the artist
Object history
Specially commissioned for the museum from David Trubridge of Haltwhistle, Northumberland [80/2009].
The commission was influenced by an illustration of a jewellery box in the October 1980 issue of Design magazine.
Collection
Accession number
W.63-1981

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Record createdApril 2, 2001
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