Details
Object ID 000061
Object Name Insurance Fire Hat Box
Object Desc (Not original box). Oval hat box, white cardboard (now grey). Pink ribbon tie. INSCRIPTION: "Henry Heath Ltd". Information about Henry Heath on lid, at some point covered by a sticker which may have been from the Sheffield suppliers.
Collection General Collection
Accession # T00055
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General Category History
Category Fire Service
Source
Source Category Donation
Accession Date APR 5,2018
Credit/Acknowledgement
Location F&RS
Object Date
Start Year Range 1902
End Year Range 1910
Status On Display
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Title Insurance Fire Hat Box
Description
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Height 19
Length 33
Width 25.5
Depth 0
Diameter 0
Circumference 0
Weight 0
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Quantity 0
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Conditions
Date SEP 5,2019
Summary Fair
Assessor Emma Crawshaw
Notes Worn in places, esp. edges, with tape visible and worn. Cracks in cardboard, some cardboard has torn away leaving a hole in the front (torn cardboard remains connected). Signs the hole was repaired by tape on the front due to yellowing. Also tape inside the box from previous repair, which has yellowed. Hinge ribbon is dirty, no longer fastens closed. Fastening staples are rusted.