Box
Record status
Individual type · partial
Box is held by Museum of English Rural Life, University of Reading. Museum description: This early 19th Century English brass box is rectangular with a detachable, hinged lid.
The lid is engraved with the title "Modern Prophecy" above an image of an imagined flying machine, apparently worked by steam, which is flying above the moon and houses. The box could possibly have been used as a snuff box or a card case. These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
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Identification
- Europeana id
- /2064107/Museu_ProvidedCHO_Museum_of_English_Rural_Life__University_of_Reading_10520
- Museum object name
- Box
- Holding institution
- Museum of English Rural Life, University of Reading
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: confirm materials, dimensions, maker and wider type against the holding institution and a specialist reference.