Postbag
Category
Leatherwork
Date
Unknown
Materials
Brass, Leather
Measurements
305 x 394 mm
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 883435.2
Summary
One of two leather post bags/satchels inscribed Rt. Hon. Viscount Clifden, Lanhydrock on brass lock, with single shoulder strap and two fastening straps, both broken, and buckles. A key is attached to a wooden block and tied to the shoulder strap.
Provenance
A gift of the Hon. Gerald Agar-Robartes, 7th Viscount Clifden, who gave Lanhydrock to the National Trust and continued to live there with his two sisters, Everilda and Violet, until his death in 1966.
Marks and inscriptions
(on brass fastening) RT HON VISCOUNT CLIFDEN/LANHYDROCK