Button Box Lid
19th century (made)
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| Place of origin |
Button box lid, domed and tight-fitted. With the outside varnished and decorated with a transfer-print of a cat sitting within a border of flowers. Once contained white buttons.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Turned wood, transfer-printed and varnished |
| Brief description | Button box lid of turned wood, England, 19th century |
| Physical description | Button box lid, domed and tight-fitted. With the outside varnished and decorated with a transfer-print of a cat sitting within a border of flowers. Once contained white buttons. |
| Credit line | Given by Mrs J. Taylor |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.298:2-1979 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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