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FDA-A.351:2-2013

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Object number

FDA-A.351:2-2013

Object type

Identification

Title

Newall Egg Collection Cabinet

Description

Cabinet designed for storing egg collection; two cupboard doors with three drawers below, brass handles, one of a pair.

Description

Content (note)

With incised brass label: 'In happy memory of / Two Etonians / Leslie and Nigel Newall / who gave their lives for their / King and Country during the Great war'

Dimensions

height (actual size): 1500mm
width (actual size): 1600mm
depth (actual size): 380mm

Material

mahogany
brass

Physical description

Shaped top with brass label attached, two cupboard doors above two drawers, with third drawer below, with brass handles

Production

Date

c.1918

History and association

Object history note

Provenance: Presented to Eton College by William Newall in memory of his two sons, Leslie who left Eton in 1910 and Nigel who left in 1914 (both were killed in World War I)
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