Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 7th January 2016

Lot 510

An early 19th century green leather cotton reel box

Estimate £30 - £50 | Hammer £55

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Description

An early 19th century green leather cotton reel box, the interior with three divisions and with a red leather pin book, 9cm wide, together with a red leather reel box with a sloping lid and applied with a photograph of St. Albans Abbey and a card needle case, the interior of the lid with a trade label inscribed 'MORRIS & YEOMANS PUZZLE NEEDLE CASE, ASTWOOD, REDDITCH'. (3)

Provenance: The Dr Lawrie Webster Collection of Boxes.