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Object Name: 
Box
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Scotland
Accession Number: 
80.7.4 K
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1850-1900
Credit Line: 
Gift of Stuart Drysdale
Primary Description: 
Metal; hinged, with an attached red-printed paper label.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Drysdale, Stuart, Former Collection
1980
Inscription: 
From JOHN FORD & Co./GLASS AND CHINA/ 86 George Street, EDINBURGH/Telephone CEN 4876/...T...is...FORD. EDINBURGH
Label
: 
Printed
CHINA HEADS
Label
: 
In crayon Orange crayon
GREAT CAUTION/FRAGILE
Label
: 
Inscribed in black ink

Objects in Set (11)

10 Sulphides and Box
Artist:John Ford & Co.
Date:about 1850-1900
Accession Number:80.7.4
Sulphide of Queen Victoria
Artist:John Ford & Co.
Date:about 1850-1900
Accession Number:80.7.4 A
 
Sulphide of William Shakespeare
Artist:John Ford & Co.
Date:about 1850-1900
Accession Number:80.7.4 B
Sulphide of William Gladstone
Artist:John Ford & Co.
Date:about 1850-1900
Accession Number:80.7.4 C
 
Sulphide of Robert Burns
Artist:John Ford & Co.
Date:about 1850-1900
Accession Number:80.7.4 D
Sulphide of a Man
Artist:John Ford & Co.
Date:about 1850-1900
Accession Number:80.7.4 E
 
Sulphide of Napoleon Bonaparte
Artist:John Ford & Co.
Date:about 1850-1900
Accession Number:80.7.4 F
Sulphide of Napoleon Bonaparte
Artist:John Ford & Co.
Date:about 1850-1900
Accession Number:80.7.4 G
 
Sulphide of a Man
Artist:John Ford & Co.
Date:about 1850-1900
Accession Number:80.7.4 H
Sulphide of a Man
Artist:John Ford & Co.
Date:about 1850-1900
Accession Number:80.7.4 I
 
Sulphide of a Man
Artist:John Ford & Co.
Date:about 1850-1900
Accession Number:80.7.4 J