Painted wooden box belonging to Katherine Mansfield

Artist(s) not identified.

Hinged wooden cigar(?) box, painted black and decorated on the outside of the lid with a wreath of four oranges and their leaves, in orange and green. The initials 'K. M.' are painted in orange within the wreath, and the outer edge of the lid is also painted orange. On the inside lid, a daisy or sunflower is painted within the stamped circle (around which the orange wreath is painted on the outside), in yellow and bright red. The front side of the box shows the faint stamp of the words 'High Life'

Title supplied by Libray.

Quantity: 1 curio(s).

Physical Description: Hinged wooden box, hand-painted, 33 x 208 x 125 mm

Transfers: Collection as a whole taken into Manuscripts; other material transferred to Photographic Archive and Published collections - From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-2101 - Transfer from the papers relating to Katherine Mansfield and literary interests (MS-Group-2101).

Processing information: Description edited as part of Curios and Objects survey, 2022. Previous reference: Curios-045-001. Previous title: Mansfield, Katherine 1888-1923 (Collector) :[Painted box belonging to Katherine Mansfield, ca 1910].