Articles of Scotch fancy woodwork - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 62265 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 51.03 ACERACEAE Acer pseudoplatanus | Entry Book Number | 132:1851 | |
| Artefact Name | Articles of Scotch fancy woodwork | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Not defined | TDWG Region | Not defined | ||
| Parts Held | Articles of Scotch fancy woodwork | Geography Description | |||
| Uses | Articles of Scotch fancy woodworkUse: MATERIALS User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | W & A Smith, Birmingham | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 22/12/1851 | Donor Notes | |||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
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| Notes: | Label source: Presented by Messrs W & A Smith Manufactures, 61 Charlotte St, Birmingham. Variety of articles of Scotch fancy wood work, made chiefly of the wood of the Sycamore tree; consisting of snuff-boxes, cigar cases, card cases etc., ornamented in, different styles. Snuff-boxes, in various stages of progression. The 'Scotch Hinge' is applied to many of these articles. By the process termed 'checking', diapered patterns are produced, many of them in imitation of the clan tartans of Scotland. By the, style called 'Scoto-Russian', an imitation of engine turned lines, inlaid with silver, is produced, and the ornament being secured by copal varnish is not liable to become tarnished. | ||||