Suitcase
Best and Co.
Category
Household and miscellaneous
Date
1931
Materials
Leather, Textile
Measurements
432 mm (Depth); 355 mm (height); 760 mm (length)
Place of origin
Audley Street
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Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 883494
Summary
Battered leather suitcase from Best and Co., Audley Street, with straps; marked C.E.A-R in black on white. Blue and white striped lining. Containing two double pages from The Morning Post, dated Thursday, February 5, 1931. (Papers moved to LAN.LU.107 18.2.2016)
Provenance
This suitcase belonged to the Hon. Cecil Edward Agar-Robartes, 1892-1939. His elder brother, the Hon. Gerald Agar-Robartes, later 7th Viscount Clifden, 1883-1966, gave Lanhydrock to the National Trust in 1953 and continued to live there with his two sisters, Everilda and Violet, until his death in 1966.
Marks and inscriptions
(on front leather flap) Best and Co./Audley Street
Makers and roles
Best and Co., maker