Good morning on this lovely #FindsFriday! It is week four of our #DebrisDiary as we continue to sift through the rubble taken from beneath the attic floors. @NatTrustArch
First up is a bit of an odd find; a chocolate wrapper of some sort. Last year we actually found a mostly complete (sans chocolate) Terry’s Gold Leaf box hidden beneath the floorboards. We wonder if this wrapper may have come from that!
Dating from the 1940s and produced under the rationing restrictions of WW2, perhaps these chocolates were ‘contraband’. Clearly whoever ate them didn’t want anyone else to know about them so hid the evidence. Photo by @mjc_associates
We also found another pretty section of wallpaper, Oxburgh must have been very well decorated! This sample matches more found elsewhere which we have dated to between 1875 and 1899. It shows sprays of roses and honeysuckle with golden-brown leaves.
Finally, this lovely bit of carved wood. We’re afraid that all we can do right now is imagine what this could have come from, an elegantly carved mirror maybe? A fancy bit of furniture? Your guess is as good as ours!
As ever, thank you to @DCMSArts @HeritageFundUK @wolfsonfdn for supporting our #RaisetheRoof project. Swing by this time next week for the 5th edition of our Debris Diary!
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