1778406 Housewife Sewing Kit (textile) by English School, (19th century); National Army Museum, London; (add.info.: This is known as a ???ousewife?? a compact sewing kit that a soldier carried on campaign to mend his uniform. This housewife was made of silk pockets containing threads, five buttons and a small pincushion in a card tied with a pink ribbon. It was carried on campaign by Captain Newton Chambers, who served with the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards. At the Battle of Waterloo he was aide-de-camp to General Sir Thomas Picton and was killed during the battle, as was Picton himself.); 穢 National Army Museum ; English, out of copyright.