• Title
  [Housewife, said to belong to Mary Putland]
• Call number
  R 834
  Status: On display. Objects Gallery. Case 3, Shelf 61
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  between 1783 and 1864
• Type of material
  Objects
• Reference code
  63418
• Physical Description
  1 sewing box - 1 wooden container of turned and carved hollow wood that comprises a lower section with a grape and leaf design and a circular shaped base, and an upper section that and is decorated with a band of raised blocks to facilitate gripping, above which is a zigzag patterned band. The top of this upper section has an ornamental flower surmounted by a plug that can be removed. Inside the container is a wooden needle case that comprises three spools (two of which have white cotton thread) and a dome shaped lid. - 11.6 x 3.4 (at widest point of base) cm combined -- base cylinder 7.8 cm high; lid 3.8 cm high, plug 1.8 cm long - combined 5 cm high; cotton reel 6.8 cm long.
  
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright:
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  Provenance of housewife was provided by donor, who stated that her father was related to Governor William Bligh. The housewife was given to him by a woman who was the daughter of Mary Putland's maid. Mary Putland was William Bligh's daughter, and accompanied him to NSW. It is assumed the maid obtained the housewife while in Mary Putland's service.
• Date note
  
  Dates based on the life of Mary Putland
• Name
  Bligh, William, 1754-1817
  O'Connell, Mary, Lady, 1783-1864
  
• Topic
  household objects
  housewife (sewing case)
  sewing
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE20792694

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