Eleanor Watson (née Cook)
Sewing Box, Ballast Hills, Newcastle (1870)
fine marquetry work

sewing box

lock

mother-of-pearl

fine marquetry

dedication inside the top panel

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Presented to
Mrs. John Watson
by the
Members of the Class with
which she was connected at
Ballast Hills
Newcastle upon Tyne,
as a token of their
sincere esteem and good wishes.

24th June, 1870.

Eleanor Cook grew up in Ballast Hills, Newcastle. She married Rev. John Watson on 26th January 1870, and the couple apparently moved shortly thereafter to John's circuit in Hartlepool.

[The term "Class" refers to a type of religious study group formed by members of the Primitive Methodist Church.]