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COLEM:1978.59

Colchester Collections

needle case, needle case

Tan leather needle case embossed in Gold "From Empire Exhibition, Wembley 1924." Contains 'The Fora MacDonald Needle Book'. Tan leather outer case, fastening on one side with a popper, and embossed in gold on bottom of front cover. Contains a paper needle case containing four woven fabric pages, each with a paper strip naming the needle types belonging on each page. Paper needle case is green on the outside and black on the inside, with a picture of Flora MacDonald(?) on the front between "THE FLORA MACDONALD NEEDLE BOOK / REG. TRADE MARK / MADE IN ENGLAND". With the remnants of a piece of white elastic that would have fixed the inner case to the outer case.

1924

Interwar

This is a replica of the Gold / Needle Case graciously ac- / cepted by Her Majesty The / Queen on May 2nd, 1924, / when Their Majesties The / King, Queen and Royal Party / honoured us by inspecting our / stand at the British Empire / Exhibition, Wembley.

leather, paper, textile

outer case length: 100.00 mm
outer case width: 90.00 mm

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