889193
- TitleShell said to have been brought back from Australia by Cook, mounted in pinchbeck to form a snuff-box
- Creator
- Call numberSAFE/R 231
Status: On display. Objects Gallery. Case 3, Shelf 61 - Level of descriptionfonds
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No date - Type of material
- Reference code889193
- Physical Description1 box - pear-shaped with squared ends - 3 1/4 x 1 3/4 in. at widest point
- Access Conditions
Access via appointment - Finding AidsResearch notes available in Mitchell Library Reading Room , PXn 262 -
- Description source
Information transferred from pictures card catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2009-2010 - General note
Lid is broken
Note by donor Mrs J. E. Ferguson, nee Connell, reads "Colonel J.C. Buxton of Bedgebrook Manor - Grantham England gave Lieu. H.C. Ferguson this shell snuff box of which he had several. The shells were brought from Aust'lia by Cap. Cook on The "Endeavour" early 1700- & given to the G.G. grand-father of the above made into snuff boxes..."
The note detailed above is filed at PXn 262.
It is of 19th Century workmanship. - Subject
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