Stool Trunk by Bryant
Stool Trunk by Bryant
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A leather on softwood Stool Trunk by John Bryant of Bath.
The trunk has a padded and buttoned lid giving it a dual use as both a stool and a trunk, which would prove useful whilst travelling. The interior is lined in linen and the main body has a raised lip to give a tight fit to the lid. The trunk has light carrying handles to the front and back and a lock to receive a hasp, which is now missing. It has stud decoration to both sides where the lid closes and a further line of studs to the base. It sits on stud feet that would raise it slightly from any wet ground.
The maker's paper label for John Bryant is fixed to the inside of the lid. It notes 'Jn Bryant, Trunk Portmanteau, Mill Board Box & Packing Case Maker To Her Majesty and Her Royal Highness The Princess Elizabeth, 22 Union Passage, Bath'. Click on Bryant's name above to read a short history of the business.
Stools trunks are uncommon items and this olive-green leather example is of a good date and by an interesting maker. Circa 1815.
Dimensions:
Circa 1815
Leather on softwood
England
J. Bryant, Bath label
luggage
Good. Lock hasp missing.
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