Artwork : ArchiveNo00025

Needle Case 1883

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Contributor Name	Catherine Smith
Contributor Image	catherine_smith.jpg
Profession	Historian
Location	Old Portsmouth
Collection Date	28.10.06
Artefact Name	Needle Case
Artefact Description	Front stitched with letters 'KL 1883'. Light blue inside. The front has forget-me-not flowers embroidered on it. Good condition.
Artefact Date	1883
Artefact Stored	Sitting room
Artefact Form	0025-_ribbon.jpg
Artefact Image	0025_copy.jpg
Sample Taken	Ribbon
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History of Artefact	It has been hand-decorated and stitched by a young girl. It could have been her great grandmother's but as her grandmother collected sewing tools, it may have been acquired at an auction.
Historian	Catherine Smith
Previous Owners	Grandmother
Special Memories	Reminds her of visiting her grandma and looking at all the old things she had collected. 'I was always fascinated by these collections.'
Artwork Image	0025-needle_case_ribbon.jpg

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