Many people travelled from England to help in the manufacturing industries to many countries. In this case, a couple emmigrated from Nottingham to set up lace-making in Russia. The big sheets of paper are their passports. The other objects are things they collected these.
Collection of family objects
Contributed by Antiques Roadshow at the British Musuem
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Russia
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1890s
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