Writing folder
A. W. Dear
Category
Desktop & office
Date
Unknown
Materials
Leather, Metal, Wood & Paper
Measurements
400 x 300 mm; 670 mm (Width)
Place of origin
Hyde Park Corner
Collection
Gunby Hall Estate, Lincolnshire
NT 638373
Summary
Red leather folding writing case with a central section with two inkwells (one missing) and central box above and blotter below; two flaps with compartments to fold over. Calendar set for January – June 1910.
Provenance
1990, purchased from J Montgomery-Massingberd.
Marks and inscriptions
Stamped in gold on inside of box lid; ‘A.W.DEAR./HYDE PARK CORNER. SW’ surrounding a figure of St George killing the Dragon
Makers and roles
A. W. Dear , maker