Map case
John Bartholomew and Son Ltd.
Category
Leatherwork
Date
Unknown
Materials
Leather; Textile; Paper; Metal; Glass
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Shaw's Corner, Hertfordshire
NT 1275144
Summary
A set of maps of Scotland (Bartholomew's 1/2 inch, cut and mounted on cloth, sheets, 1 - 29) in a fawn pigskin case with a metal hasp and lock, a hinged lid with a leather carrying handle, cloth tapes for lifting the maps. A distance measuring wheel is inside the lid.
Provenance
Part of the Bernard Shaw Collection. Bequeathed to the National Trust in 1950 by George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950).
Makers and roles
John Bartholomew and Son Ltd., map publisher Edward Stanford Ltd , map seller