Objects of Substance - The Wilkinson Safe

Inside the Tann’s Defiance Safe (detail), c 1900

The internal lockbox inside Tann’s Defiance Safe, c 1900

Other facts we can also put forward are the begetting of said safe. The Board Minutes of 1900, on the 27 July noted: ‘Small size Tann’s Safe to be procured for Head Mistress’. The Head Mistress at the time was Miss Milisent Wilkinson (1900-1912). This important detail leads us to believe the safe