Dispatch box
Category
Leatherwork
Date
circa 1830
Materials
Leather, pine, brass, velvet and paper
Measurements
155 x 390 x 25 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 608432
Summary
Rectangular dispatch box with a hinged lid, circa 1830, in red leather with green velvet interior and marbled paper borders. Brass bail handle, brass lock and lozenge shaped escutcheon plate. Stamped 'GR (below crown) HONBLE.W.HILL PRIVATE F.D.' in gilt.
Provenance
Possibly 3rd Lord Berwick collection: William Noel-Hill, 3rd Baron Berwick (1773-1842). By descent bequeathed to the National Trust with the estate, house and contents of Attingham by Thomas Henry Noel-Hill, 8th Baron Berwick (1877-1947) on 15th May 1953.
Marks and inscriptions
Hand written paper label pasted to lid, indecipherable words.