Hat trunk
Category
Metalwork
Date
Unknown
Materials
tin, brass, paint
Measurements
600 x 325 mm
Order this imageCollection
Gunby Hall Estate, Lincolnshire
NT 637548
Summary
The Field Marshal's tin hat trunk in the form of an oval canister with a hinged ovoid pyramidal lid with a loop carrying handle. The whole painted with rust red dashes over a black ground. The lid, painted in white - A.A.MONTGOMERY/ROYAL ARTILLERY'. A small brass trade badge, as a shield, inscribed 'HAWKES and CO/14/PICCADILLY/LONDON'. The interior of polished lacquered tin with shelves and hinged rests for three hats.
Provenance
1990, purchased from J Montgomery-Massingberd.