£1,300
A George II brass-studded leather-covered travelling trunk, Henry Nickles London, of wood with domed lid and covered in Russia leather, richly decorated with tulip and other patterns, the initials E R, rosette, pierced crown escutcheon, the brackets to the sides pierced with hearts and crescents, iron carrying handles and lock, the interior retaining the original marbled lining paper and engraved trade card of "Henry Nickles Trunk-Maker at the Corner of St Pauls Next Cheap-Side Handulet Makes & Sells all sorts of Campaine Trunks Portmanteau trunk & leather portmanteaus, leather baggs & cloth cloake baggs, plate cases & perewigg boxes & guilded nest of trunks, fire buckets & all sorts of other leather wares wholesale or retail at reasonable rates", 56cm h; 57 x 107cm, key
Provenance: Colonel Sir Edward Geoffrey Hippisley-Cox CBE, DL (1884-1954) by whom acquired in the early 20th c for the collection he was forming at his home Gournay Court, West Harptree, Somerset; thence by descent to the present vendor
Sir Edward Hippisley-Cox leased Gournay Court from the Duchy of Cornwall in 1913, later, in 1928 purchasing the house from the Prince of Wales. The trade card and the trunk were photographed by Sir Ambrose Heal (1872-1959). His record sheet with three mounted photographs and notes, including "This leather trunk containing Nickles' trade-card in the lid is in the possession of Col E G Hippisley-Cox of Gornay Court West Harptree Somt..." It and the rest of Heal's archive is in the British Museum (Heal 120.57)
Good and original condition with localised losses mainly on back, unrestored and not hitherto offered for sale
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