Souvenir Mauchline Ware Box
Date made: 19th century
Description: Polished rectangular Wooden Box, Mauchline ware, with printed picture of 'Loch Promenade, Douglas, Isle of Man' on lid. Presumably a cigarette box but used by donor for insects. Given to the donor by F.W. Frohawk 2/2/39 and so inscribed inside the lid. The latter was a well known lepidopterist. 4 /12 inch x 3 1/4 inch x 1 5/8 inch deep. View the same as 1971-0262 so possibly same source.
Scottish souvenir wood ware is known as Mauchline Ware because the vast majority of these small wooden items bearing pictures designed to appeal to 19th Century tourists were made in the Ayrshire town of Mauchline. The industry flourished in Scotland for 160 years and during that period hundreds of thousands of high quality wood ware souvenirs were despatched to all parts of the British Isles, Europe, North and South America, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.
Materials: wood
Object name: box
Collection: Social History Collection
ID Number: 1968-0216