A VICTORIAN PITCH PINE AND GLAZED MINERAL DISPLAY SPAR BOX, CIRCA 1860-1880

A VICTORIAN PITCH PINE AND GLAZED MINERAL DISPLAY SPAR BOX CIRCA 1860-1880 The triangular architectural case with glazed panels enclosing mineral specimens 73.5cm high, 52cm wide The custom of building such display boxes in England originated alongside the mining activity which stretched across the north of England from County Durham and Northumberland, to West Cumberland and the Isle of Man. The name derives from a contraction of the term "Fluorspar" and there are records of spar-box competitions in the north Pennines in the late 19th century. Perhaps the apogee of the craft was the spar box of some two thousand mineral specimens, cemented together by a miner, Isaac Robinson of Nenthead, shown in the Great Exhibition of 1851. The largest collection of such works is held at the Killhope Museum, County Durham. Condition Report Disclaimer, A VICTORIAN PITCH PINE AND GLAZED MINERAL DISPLAY SPAR BOX, A VICTORIAN PITCH PINE AND GLAZED MINERAL DISPLAY SPAR BOX CIRCA 1860-1880 The triangular architectural case with glazed panels enclosing mineral specimens 73.5cm high, 52cm wide The custom of building such display boxes in England originated alongside the mining activity which stretched across the north of England from County Durham and Northumberland, to West Cumberland and the Isle of Man. The name derives from a contraction of the term "Fluorspar" and there are records of spar-box competitions in the north Pennines in the late 19th century. Perhaps the apogee of the craft was the spar box of some two thousand mineral specimens, cemented together by a miner, Isaac Robinson of Nenthead, shown in the Great Exhibition of 1851. The largest collection of such works is held at the Killhope Museum, County Durham. Condition Report Disclaimer

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