Needle case:
A Present from the Crystal Palace

Wishing You Prosperity and Peace

Reference Number:-
se311
 

needle case, with woven silk on the fold over flap, with words "Wishing You Prosperity and Peace", and view of the Crystal Palace
 
 

Words:
[woven image of a pin]
WISHING
YOU PROSPERITY
AND PEACE
GUARANTEED QUALITY NEEDLES.
6, 7, 5/9
 
THOMAS STEVENS,
COVENTRY
WARRANTED BY MORRIS & YEOMANS
A PRESENT FROM THE CRYSTAL
PALACE
[view of the Crystal Palace]
Size:

Composed of three panels
each measuring cm by cm.

Comments:
The case is made of a burgundy coloured velvet, and as can be seen, " THOMAS STEVENS, COVENTRY " is printed on the paper packet containing the actual needles.
The view of the Crystal Palace is also identical to the image on Stevens' bookmark [sb2660 - Woven in the Machinery Department, Crystal Palace / The late Sir Joseph Paxton]

The numbers printed on the front of the needle packet is the English sizes of needle.

 


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