The Epworth Collection

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wooden hinged box

Wooden box with a lid with two brass hinges and a brass lock made from a sycamore tree planted by John Wesley. There is a light coloured wood diamond plaque with an impressed inscription and a further paper label underneath

Category: box

Production Date: 1853-

Material Part: sycamore

Produced by: Read & Co

Inscription:

paper label - in diamond plaque on lid

Part of the tree planted by the Rev. John Wesley Born at Epworth June 17th 1703. Died in London March 2nd 1791

Measurements:

Depth including lid
height 50mm
landscape
width 226mm
front to back
length 138mm

Object Number: 2008-262

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