A cardboard box containing a card

Key details

Object number: 2018.3855
Date: 1837 to 1901
On display: No

Description

A cardboard box stamped on top 'Sharpe's Classic / T.B. Smith, 29 Alloway Street Ayr / Visiting Cards'.

Containing a card stamped 'Mrs. Robert Hall Warren, Coniston Canynge Road, Clifton' and hand-written on back 'Given to Isabella Frew by Jean Armour's sister of Irvine'.

Box originally contained a pair of earrings.

Object information

Material

Paper

Measurements

Depth: 5.3(cm)
Height: 2.1(cm)
Width: 8.5(cm)

Themes

Family

Object

Pair of Victorian black jet drop earrings with filigree design

Date created: 1837 to 1901

Object number: 3.8515

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