Despatch box
Category
Leatherwork
Date
Unknown
Materials
Leather
Measurements
100 mm (H)380 mm (W)250 mm (d)
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Clandon Park, Surrey
NT 1441309
Summary
[Saved] A black leather Government despatch box embossed with the words MINISTRY OF HEALTH, LORD ONSLOW, and the cipher of George V.
Provenance
Used by 5th Earl of Onslow Marked in Lady Iveagh’s 1966 Inventory, p24 Purchased in 1986 with the aid of a grant from the V&A Museum Purchase Grant Fund and the Monument Trust
Marks and inscriptions
MINISTRY OF HEALTH, LORD ONSLOW. Cypher of George V