A Tunbridge Ware combination pin cushion, waxer and tape measure. The tape measure has losses to part of the measure, it can be retracted by turning the top mosaic rim.This piece has the manufacturers label to the base Edmund Nye.It measures 6cm h x  3cm w.Edmund was the son of James Nye and lived in the Tunbridge area. He became a junior partner to William Fenner until 1817 when the partnership was dissolved. Nye then opened his own workshop in the nearby Market Place. Nye was one of the makers considered for the production of a work and writing table for Princess Victoria in 1826, the subject of a fund setup by the leading citizens and traders of the town. William Fenner was chosen, however, Nye received patronage from the Duchess of Kent. In 1840 the business of Fenner & Co was put into receivership and Nye took over the repository and in 1844 the workshops on Mount Ephraim. He appears to have carried out extensive building works as trade card engravings depict a single ...