Toilet set case
Thresher and Glenny
Category
Leatherwork
Date
Unknown
Materials
Leather, steel and wood
Measurements
2 ins (H)12 ins (W)8.5 ins (D)
Place of origin
Strand
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Shaw's Corner, Hertfordshire
NT 1275109.1
Summary
A brown soft leather envelope case, held around by strap and buckle; the container for a toilet set. 'G.B.S' stamped on flap; manufacturer's name 'BY APPOINTMENT THRESHER and GLENNY MANUFACTURERS 152 and 153 STRAND W.C.' on leather label cover flap. The case also contains a Button Hook, a Bodkin (?) and tweezers, all of steel with rivetted ebony handles, also a marline spike and a corkscrew, steel, to fit in handle (missing). Other items from the set are displayed alongside the case.
Provenance
Bequest of George Bernard Shaw, 1950
Marks and inscriptions
BY APPOINTMENT THRESHER and GLENNY MANUFACTURERS 152 and 153 STRAND W.C. (on leather label)
Makers and roles
Thresher and Glenny, manufacturer