Key Information
Reference code
NMC/1040B
Title
Leather armrest with ashtray
Date(s)
- c1920s (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
One item
Content and Structure
Scope and content
Brown embossed leather with decorative pewter plates and semi-precious cabouchon gemstones, surmounted by a small ashtray.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
General Information
Name of creator
(1896-1967)
Biographical history
William Reid Hunter was born in Alloa on the 24th of February 1896 to Nellie Lennox Hunter (née Reid) and George Hunter, a grocer. He studied drawing and painting at The Glasgow School of Art for a year in 1914 before enlisting with the Royal Army Medical Corps. He returned to the School in 1918, where he continued to study drawing and painting until 1924 while working as a teacher. He is listed on the School's World War One Roll of Honour.
Name of creator
Archival history
Custodial history
Elizabeth Thompson, 24.06.2010.
Physical Description and Conditions of Use
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
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Physical Description
Brown embossed leather with decorative pewter plates and semi-precious stones.
Dimensions: 340 mm length