Collection Box
1996/4839
1900-1950 / Collection Box / Methodism / Object / Plastic/Bakelite / World Parish
Bakelite
c.1950
This novelty Missionary Society collecting box in the form of a globe dates to around 1950. It was used in churches but also in a non-church context to collect money for mission projects.
The Methodist Missionary Society was formed in 1932 out of many smaller missionary societies. The globe shape of the box illustrated that the Society operated world-wide - in Africa, the Caribbean, the Indian sub-continent, Europe, the Americas and Australasia.
c.1950
This novelty Missionary Society collecting box in the form of a globe dates to around 1950. It was used in churches but also in a non-church context to collect money for mission projects.
The Methodist Missionary Society was formed in 1932 out of many smaller missionary societies. The globe shape of the box illustrated that the Society operated world-wide - in Africa, the Caribbean, the Indian sub-continent, Europe, the Americas and Australasia.
