Fly case
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
Unknown
Materials
Brass, Feather, Leather, Plastic, Wood
Measurements
108 mm (Width) x 126 mm (Depth); 213 mm (Length)
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 883442
Summary
Fly case - Leather case with top lid, initialled E.B.F. and with brass lock; containing four wallets of salmon and trout flies, each wallet being marked A, B, C and D on leather spine, with tag. and air holes in plastic sides. Top leather handle broken.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust by Sir Charles Frederick, The Granary, Lerryn, in January 1986. The case had belonged to his father. Sir Charles and his wife, Rosemary, were recruiters at Lanhydrock during the 1980's when the End Room (now a museum) was the reception area.
Marks and inscriptions
E.B.F.