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Slider Frame Stand

1892 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Slider frame that fits into one side of bag T.1-1984. Made from shiny black grain leather with blue silk pockets faced with black leather from the implements they contain. Surmounted by hinged handles silver plated on nickel. With a flap which holds it in place in the bag, and with another flap so that it can be free-standing when taken out of the case.

The frame contains the scent bottle with silver screw, jar with silver lid, small oval jar with silver lid, cylindrical bottle with lid, small scent bottle with lid, rectangular plate with hinged lid and containing two stands, a wick in a metal mount covered with a screw on a circular lid.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Leather, silk, and silver plated nickel
Brief description
Leather slider frame, Parkins and Gotto, England, 1892
Physical description
Slider frame that fits into one side of bag T.1-1984. Made from shiny black grain leather with blue silk pockets faced with black leather from the implements they contain. Surmounted by hinged handles silver plated on nickel. With a flap which holds it in place in the bag, and with another flap so that it can be free-standing when taken out of the case.

The frame contains the scent bottle with silver screw, jar with silver lid, small oval jar with silver lid, cylindrical bottle with lid, small scent bottle with lid, rectangular plate with hinged lid and containing two stands, a wick in a metal mount covered with a screw on a circular lid.
Credit line
Given by Miss I.B. McClure
Object history
Part of a ladies dressing bag T.1 to T.1EEE-1984 (59 parts).
The frame contains the scent bottle with silver screw (parts y & z), jar with silver lid (aa & bb), oval jar with silver lid (cc & dd), cylindrical bottle with lid (ee & ff), small scent bottle with lid (gg & hh), rectangular spirit burner with hinged lid and containing two stands (ii), a wick (jj) in a metal mount covered with a screw on a circular lid (kk).
Collection
Accession number
T.1B-1984

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Record createdJuly 13, 2011
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