Posted 11 years ago
Jono
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This is a wood crate I found. It has "Short Goole LTD" on the top.
Pasture Road in the middle and GOOLE on the bottom. I'm guessing it is from Goole, Yorkshire. Anyone want to take a stab at what it was used for, where it originated from,j and year?
nice patina!
Its a box made for France during the French revolution. When Mme Gullotine performed her task the head would be paraded around in the box!